February 2022

OC Kirkland posing in her graduation gown at Memorial Stadium.

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Simone ‘OC’ Kirkland Forges Own Path for Versatile Veterinary Career
May 28, 2025 / Alumni News

“As a young child, I followed heavily in the footsteps of my older sister,” recalled OC Kirkland. “When she said she wanted to be a dolphin trainer, I, of course, also said I wanted to…
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First Illinois Dog Tests Positive for SARS-CoV-2

February 27, 2022 / In the News

WGN-TV (Feb. 25) – Veterinary virologists with the University of Illinois recently confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in a dog in Illinois who was exposed to an infected human during the New Year’s holiday….
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Leyi Wang Leads Zoo Animal COVID Testing

February 18, 2022 / In the News

WCIA-TV News (Feb. 16) – Dr. Leyi Wang, veterinary virologist, talks about the role he and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory have played in diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 in zoo animals from binturongs to Malayan tigers. https://www.wcia.com/news/u-of-i-tests-animals-across-the-country-for-covid/ Also…
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Anne Barger Selected as Next Clinical Medicine Head

February 16, 2022 / Message from the Dean

This message will appear in the Spring 2022 issue of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association Epitome. The new head of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine will be familiar to any of you who…
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MRI for Bearded Dragons

February 15, 2022 / In the News

News-Gazette (Feb. 15) – Dr. Krista Keller, head of the zoological companion animal service, teamed up with Beckman Institute to develop protocols for safely anesthetizing and performing MRIs on bearded dragons, the most popular pet…
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Meet Ruby, the Red-Tailed Hawk Ambassador

February 14, 2022 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Feb. 9) – Third-year veterinary students Cythia Tellez and Alexis Davidson introduce one of the Wildlife Medical Clinic’s ambassador animals, Ruby, the red-tailed hawk. https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/meet-ruby-the-red-tailed-hawk/

Science Misinformation

February 11, 2022 / In the News

Big Picture Science (February 7) – Dr. Yvette Johnson-Walker was a guest on an episode focused on the phenomenon in which the expertise of scientists is questioned by non-experts who claim they’ve done their own…
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