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Hannah Streams taking a selfie next to a lake on a sunny day in the mountains.

It Runs in the Family Hannah Streams grew up on a small hobby farm in New Mexico surrounded by animals. Propped on a hill, Streams would watch as her dad pulled up the driveway. She…
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An Investment with Boundless Returns

March 11, 2025 / Message from the Dean

This message will appear in the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association Epitome. I love watching buildings go up. I happen to be fascinated by cranes. (Not the bird kind, the construction kind.) Much more exciting…
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Bird Flu: What Does It Mean for You?

March 03, 2025 / In the News

The 21st Show (WILL-AM; March 3) – Dr. Stephany Lewis, Clinical Assistant Professor in Zoological Medicine & Director of Wildlife Medical Clinic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was part of an expert panel taking listeners’ questions…
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Shockwave Therapy Helps Heal Pets with Lameness

March 03, 2025 / In the News

WAND-TV (March 3) – A new technology called extracorporeal shockwave therapy has worked wonders for a black lab named Farrah. According to Clinical Instructor of Rehabilitation Kim Knap, this system uses really intense sound waves…
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Farriers Care for Horses’ Feet

February 24, 2025 / In the News

News-Gazette (Feb. 23) – According to Tobias Ellis, head farrier at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, a long-standing practice was to follow an eight-week trim schedule so that the nail holes would…
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Cat Feels Better After Tooth Extractions

February 24, 2025 / In the News

Cleburne Times-Review (Feb. 23) – Dr. Alyssa Baratta-Martin, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, says, “About 50% or more of my procedures at the moment involve dental health.” Some patients offer…
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Genetic Mutation May Link to Schizophrenia

February 21, 2025 / In the News

News Medical (Feb. 19) – A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic link to psychosis,…
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Impacts of Avian Influenza on Wildlife

February 19, 2025 / In the News

WVIK-AM (with audio; Rock Island, Illinois; Feb. 18) —University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Wildlife Medical Clinic Director Dr. Stephany Lewis says waterfowl birds are the most susceptible to spreading avian influenza. They migrate and could come…
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Dr. Kim Selting Profiled as Scientist of the Month

February 19, 2025 / In the News

Association for Women in Science | Chicago (Feb. 18) – Dr. Kim Selting is a veterinary radiation oncologist and a cancer treatment researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “Even though I’m 30 years into…
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