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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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Winter Care Tips for Dogs

January 08, 2024 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Jan. 8) – Dr. Alyssa Baratta-Martin, a veterinarian who recently joined the primary care service at the University of Illinois’s Veterinary Medicine South Clinic, shared tips on how to prevent hypothermia, frostbite, and more…
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Canine Respiratory Illness: What We Know Now

January 08, 2024 / In the News

Belleville News-Democrat (Jan. 5) – While a “mystery” canine respiratory illness has been at least anecdotally reported in Illinois, a new, specific canine respiratory virus has yet to be identified in the state or anywhere…
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Canine Respiratory Illness Precautions

December 14, 2023 / In the News

WICS-TV News Channel 20 (Dec. 13) – “The respiratory diseases, just like they do in people this time of year, start increasing. Because we’re all getting closer together, put inside more together, interacting more closely,…
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PAC-1 Anti-Cancer Agent Shines in Human Trials

December 13, 2023 / In the News

Business News (Dec. 12) – PAC-1, a drug originally developed by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, triggers programmed cell death in cancer cells. Most notably, it managed to halt tumor growth in…
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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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