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Strings and Other Holiday Hazards for Pets
November 18, 2024 / In the News

chambanamoms.com (Nov. 17) – While pets may ingest foreign material at any time of the year, the opportunities to do so multiply during the holidays. From ornaments to strings of light to the murky water…
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Updates from ER and Critical Care

November 30, 2023 / Practitioner Updates

Our critical care service re-opened in October! Our team consists of five boarded criticalists, two emergency clinicians, three emergency and critical care residents, one specialty intern, and veterinary technicians providing around-the-clock care in our intensive…
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Is It Illegal to Get Your Dog High?

November 28, 2023 / In the News

BoingBoing (Nov. 27) – “Animal poison control hotlines have been reporting exponential increases in the number of calls about pets exposed to marijuana as the drug has been legalized for medical or recreational use in…
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Mysterious Canine Respiratory Illness

November 27, 2023 / In the News

Newsweek (Nov. 24) – The Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine stated as of Tuesday “our clinicians at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana and the Medical District Veterinary Clinic in Chicago had not seen an…
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Advice for Pet Safety on Thanksgiving

November 23, 2023 / In the News

FOX Illinois/News Channel 20 (Nov. 22) – Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Dr. Will Sander at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine advised pet owners to keep a close eye on table food…
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Outbreak of Unknown Canine Respiratory Disease

November 21, 2023 / General News

General Information Lisa Bazzle, DVM, DACVECC, who heads the small animal emergency service at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, prepared the brief overview below about the mysterious respiratory illness in dogs that has…
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