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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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Students’ Role in Wildlife Medical Clinic

March 10, 2022 / In the News

WCIA-TV (March 9) – Student managers Chloe Dupliex and Bri Huff at the Wildlife Medical Clinic describe what they do to keep the clinic running smoothly. https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/university-of-illinois-wildlife-medical-clinic-great-opportunity-for-students/

Rabbits Get Vaccinated Against RHDV

March 05, 2022 / In the News

WCIA-TV News (March 4) – A variant of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus is circulating in the U.S., with documented cases in Tennessee. “We’re very concerned that this year as the baby bunny population starts increasing…
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Behind the Scenes at an Animal ER

March 04, 2022 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; March 3) – Dr. Meghan Fick, with the help of her dog Max, explains how the small animal emergency service at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital works. https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/behind-the-scenes-of-an-animal-er/

Risks of NSAIDs in Horses

March 02, 2022 / In the News

Modern Equine Veterinarian (Feb. issue) – “Traditional NSAIDs … impact COX-1 production, which results in delayed mucosal healing, increased intestinal permeability, right dorsal colitis, gastric ulceration and kidney damage,” said Rebecca Bishop, DVM, MS, resident…
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Veterinary College Offers Course on Religion

March 02, 2022 / In the News

Interfaith Youth Core (Feb. 23) – Jonathan Ebel, a historian who leads the university’s religion department, and Dr. Yvette Johnson-Walker, a veterinary epidemiologist, recently debuted Veterinary Medicine 694: Religious Perspectives on Caring for Animals. As…
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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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Dr. Anne Barger

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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