August 2024

poster image featuring yellow brick road, rainbow, and Toto dog

The 2024 Open House, put on by more than 400 students from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, has adopted a cinematic theme this year that will transport visitors to a place of…
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Dr. Mariana Sosa-Higareda holds an eagle on her arm.

Faculty Spotlight: Mariana Sosa-Higareda, MVZ

August 29, 2024 / Practitioner Updates

Dr. Sosa-Higareda is an assistant professor in the zoological medicine service. Tell us about your background. I was born and raised in Mexico City. I obtained my veterinary degree from the National Autonomous University of…
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Neurologic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

August 29, 2024 / Practitioner Updates

There are many types of extraneural diseases that might also affect the nervous system in some way: This is obviously a wide range of diseases: an entire book can be written on this topic! For…
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Dr. Ko standing with a group of students

Get to Know CheMyong Jay Ko

August 29, 2024 / Get to Know

Dr. Ko with senior class students, after giving a lecture at the Veterinary School of the National University of Costa Rica on April 11, 2024.

‘Rabbit Fever’ on the Rise in Central Illinois

August 27, 2024 / In the News

WCIA-TV News (Aug. 26) – Noting an increase in wild rabbits with tularemia, also called rabbit fever, the Wildlife Medical Clinic at University of Illinois is urging pet owners to keep pets away from sick,…
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Annie Marlowe poses with some of the kitties she spayed during a summer externship

My ‘Last Free Summer’

August 20, 2024 / Student Blogs

In veterinary school, students unofficially think of the summer between your second and third year as your “last free summer.” Meaning that, once fourth-year clinical rotations start (and subsequently your career), you won’t have any…
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The Benefits of Snakes

August 16, 2024 / In the News

The Cool Down (Ben, Ore.; Aug. 16) — While depictions of snakes in popular culture typically aren’t favorable, the reptiles help maintain biodiversity. Citing a post on the Wildlife Medical Clinic website, the article notes…
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