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News-Gazette (April 21) – Spring is the busiest time of year for the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Clinic. Unfortunately, some of the wildlife babies brought to our clinic are not orphans but are normal,…
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Marijuana Intoxication in Pets

January 27, 2020 / In the News

News-Gazette (Jan. 26) – In the first week that recreational use of the drug became legal in Illinois, the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital saw two cases of likely marijuana intoxication in pets. Dr….
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Beagle Finds Home with Veterinary Student

January 13, 2020 / In the News

News-Gazette (Jan. 11) – Tori Worthen’s heart melted when one of her patients put his head — wet nose included — into her hand. “I knew from the beginning that I wanted to take him…
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Marijuana Intoxication in Dogs and Cats

January 13, 2020 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Jan. 10) – Caroline Tonozzi, DVM, DACVECC with the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital describes what marijuana intoxication looks like in dogs and cats and how it is treated when patients arrive…
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Sidewalk Salt Could Harm Dogs’ Paws

December 23, 2019 / In the News

WCIA-TV News (Dec. 19) – “When dogs walk through it, it can be very irritating to their paws. And so, what you might see is that when they’re putting their paws on the ground, it…
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Kobuvirus Documented in U.S. Cattle for First Time

December 12, 2019 / In the News

Phys.org (Dec. 12) – A virus that afflicts cattle that was first discovered in Japan in 2003 has made its way to the U.S., researchers report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. The study confirmed…
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K.T. Wright Honored by Illinois Veterinary College

December 12, 2019 / In the News

AASV News (Dec. 11) – On December 5, Dean Peter Constable announced that the College of Veterinary Medicine would honor Dr. K.T. Wright and his wife, Betty Wright, by naming the “EVP room” after them….
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ER Veterinarians Describe Saving Dory

December 08, 2019 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Dec. 6) – Dr. Jenica Haraschak and Dr. Denver Coleman, veterinarians who were on duty in the ER at the U of I teaching hospital when the abused puppy later named Dory arrived,…
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Veterinary Student Wins Swine Innovation Award

December 03, 2019 / In the News

National Hog Farmer (Dec. 3) – Zack Talbert, a third-year University of Illinois veterinary student, won this year’s Morrison Swine Innovator Prize for his prong-and-pulley device that ensures more accurate fumigation on fomites for biosecurity…
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All About Caring for Rabbits

November 27, 2019 / In the News

Paw Report (WEIU-TV; Nov. 25) – Dr. Krista Keller, a boarded specialist in zoological medicine from the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, talks about all things rabbits, and what people need to know if…
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