Chris Beuoy

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,…
Read More >

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

MRI for Bearded Dragons

February 15, 2022 / In the News

News-Gazette (Feb. 15) – Dr. Krista Keller, head of the zoological companion animal service, teamed up with Beckman Institute to develop protocols for safely anesthetizing and performing MRIs on bearded dragons, the most popular pet…
Read More >

Meet Ruby, the Red-Tailed Hawk Ambassador

February 14, 2022 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Feb. 9) – Third-year veterinary students Cythia Tellez and Alexis Davidson introduce one of the Wildlife Medical Clinic’s ambassador animals, Ruby, the red-tailed hawk. https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/meet-ruby-the-red-tailed-hawk/

Science Misinformation

February 11, 2022 / In the News

Big Picture Science (February 7) – Dr. Yvette Johnson-Walker was a guest on an episode focused on the phenomenon in which the expertise of scientists is questioned by non-experts who claim they’ve done their own…
Read More >

Vaccine Clinics for Pet Rabbits

February 04, 2022 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Feb. 3) – Dr. Krista Keller, head of the zoological medicine service at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, talked about the newly circulating Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus and what rabbit owners can do to…
Read More >

Wildlife Clinic Looks Back on 2021

February 02, 2022 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Feb. 1) – Dr. Sam Sander, director of the Wildlife Medical Clinic, and Becky Berton, a veterinary student volunteer, talk about the impact of the clinic on the community, volunteers, and local wildlife.

New Vaccination Urged for Pet Rabbits

January 27, 2022 / In the News

News-Gazette (Jan. 27) – The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine has launched a series of vaccination clinics to immunize pet rabbits against a deadly variant of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus before spring, when…
Read More >

Campus Enters Spring Semester Cautiously

January 13, 2022 / In the News

WILL-AM (Urbana, Ill.; Jan. 12) – Dr. Rebecca Smith, an assistant professor of epidemiology, said “We really encourage people to be cautious over the next few weeks.” The University of Illinois is expecting a surge…
Read More >

Big Cats Get COVID; Can Your Pet Cat Too?

January 11, 2022 / In the News

WGN Radio (Jan. 10) – Last week, an Illinois zoo lost a snow leopard to COVID-19. With big cats carrying and now dying from COVID-19, is there a chance your house cat could catch the…
Read More >

Das Selected for Award on Cannabis Chemistry

January 07, 2022 / In the News

PRNewswire (Dec. 22) – Dr. Aditi Das, comparative biosciences, was selected for the ElSohly Award to present her work at the Spring National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego, Calif., in March….
Read More >