August 2022

Dr. Ian Sprandel with Family

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Get to Know Ian Sprandel
September 20, 2023 / Get to Know

Dr. Ian Sprandel, pictured above with his family, is a senior lecturer in comparative biosciences. When did you begin working at the College of Veterinary Medicine?I began working at the college in 2003 as a…
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Vaccine Mandates on Campuses

August 31, 2022 / In the News

Chronicle of Higher Education (Aug. 30) – Many campuses have dropped their COVID-19 vaccination mandates. Rebecca L. Smith, an epidemiologist at the U. of I. – which still has its vaccination mandate – says the…
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Equine Expert Drafts AAEP Guidelines

August 30, 2022 / In the News

American Horse Publications (June 23) – Equine veterinarians can help protect their clients’ broodmares and unborn foals from nocardioform placentitis (NP) with new disease guidelines published by the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Dr. Igor…
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Monkeypox Cases in Illinois

August 29, 2022 / In the News

CBS News Chicago (Aug. 26) – Dr. Rebecca Smith of the University of Illinois told CBS 2’s Marissa Perlman, “Finding more cases can be a good thing, because it means we’re finding the people and,…
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Veterinary Neurologist Comments on Canine Dementia Study

August 29, 2022 / In the News

HealthDay (Aug. 26) – “They’re not wired all that differently from us,” said Dr. Rose Peters, a veterinary neurologist with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Veterinary Medicine, who was not involved in…
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Urgent and Convenient Care Service Returns

August 26, 2022 / Practitioner Updates

The urgent and convenient care service re-opens at our Veterinary Medicine South Clinic on September 12. The goal of the service is to provide the veterinary referral community with an alternative to sending their clients…
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Help Us Help Your Clients Seeking ER Services

August 26, 2022 / Practitioner Updates

Our already-strained small animal emergency service anticipates continuing to operate at capacity in the coming months. We are currently at Level 2 of our tiered triage system. This means patients presenting for chronic illness will…
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Faculty Spotlight: Sarah Gray, DVM, DACVS-LA

August 26, 2022 / Practitioner Updates

Dr. Gray is a clinical assistant professor of equine surgery. Tell us about your background. As many veterinarians do, I decided at a very young age that this was the career I wanted. I spent…
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[Dean Constable with scholarship recipients]

Thank You for Standing ‘With Illinois’

August 26, 2022 / Message from the Dean

This message will appear in the Fall 2022 issue of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association Epitome. In October 2017, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign publicly launched With Illinois, fundraising campaign with an ambitious $2.25…
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