In the News

WGN-AM (audio begins at 8:05; Chicago, April 24) – Dr. Krista Keller, a professor of zoological medicine at the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine, says bearded dragon lizards are the most domesticated of…
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VIN News (Veterinary Information Network; April 21) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took nearly 20 years to produce Guidance For Industry #256 – Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk Drug Substances, released on April…
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Popular Science (New York City, April 20) – Cases of cannabis poisoning in pets have risen significantly over the past few years, a survey of veterinarians in Canada and the U.S. indicates. Cannabis toxicity “is…
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Effingham Daily News (April 20) – “The I-BELIEF program had an extraordinary impact on my life. It not only gave me mentors, research experience, and large-animal experience, it also gave me a huge amount of…
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New York Times (April 19) – Dr. Rebecca Lee Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois, said the ruling on masks was especially unfortunate because some people at higher risk of severe illness might…
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CBS News (Chicago; April 15) – More than 200 birds at an Illinois forest preserve died in the last week, and authorities suspect they contracted the bird flu that’s threatening flocks nationwide, the Forest Preserves of…
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Farmweek (April 18) – “The lab bore the brunt of 2.2 million tests for COVID in humans and many for animal species,” said Dr. Carol Maddox, pathobiology professor and head of VDL’s microbiology section. “Even…
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Commercial News (Danville, Ill.; April 15) – Illinois Raptor Center Program Director Jacques Nuzzo arrived from Decatur on Tuesday and took the eaglet that had fallen out of the nest to the University of Illinois…
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Patch (April 14) – Both Otis and Bubba were sent to the University of Illinois Veterinary School for a necropsy, where it was determined that Otis died from canine parvovirus, starvation and rat poisoning. Bubba,…
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WTWO/WAWV-TV (Terre Haute, Ind.; April 10) – Big cats at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center received dental care on Sunday. Members of the Peter Emily International Veterinary Dental Foundation and the University of Illinois Anesthesia…
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