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News-Gazette (April 23) – When the standard treatment for a fungal infection wasn’t working for Frankie, a bearded dragon, the experts at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine were able to help. https://www.news-gazette.com/living/pets/pet-talk-defeating-a-dragon-slayer/article_5e007b06-e092-57cd-976a-32d4c59da1de.html

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; April 19) – When you find a wildlife baby, do you know how to tell if it needs help? Our friends at the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Clinic share how they care…
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News-Gazette (April 16) – “Transplantation of feces from a healthy donor into the intestine of a sick patient has been done successfully in people, laboratory rodents and dogs,” Dr. Arnon Gal explained. “The procedure was…
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News-Gazette (April 18) – The maps were made for the health district by Bill Brown, GIS analyst for the University of Illinois Department of Pathobiology at the College of Veterinary Medicine. They include vaccination data…
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ciLiving (WCIA-TV; April 8) – Dr. Spencer Kehoe explains everything you need to keep your hedgehog happy and healthy, from diet, to exercise, housing, and veterinary care. https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/everything-you-need-to-know-to-keep-your-pet-hedgehog-happy-and-healthy/

News-Gazette (April 9) – At the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, Dr. Ryan Fries, a board-certified veterinary cardiologist, and Dr. Scott Austin, who is board-certified in large-animal veterinary internal medicine, work to…
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News-Medical (April 7) – Exposure to phthalates, a class of chemicals widely used in packaging and consumer products, is known to interfere with normal hormone function and development in human and animal studies. Now researchers,…
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News-Gazette (April 2) – Dr. Alycen Lundberg, a veterinary oncologist at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, studies cancer in feline patients to improve the lives of feline and human patients everywhere. https://www.news-gazette.com/living/pets/pet-talk-seeking-cat-scans/article_166665dd-377b-5109-aba8-0f0818d2f2a6.html

The Center Square (Chicago, April 3) – The Illinois Department of Public Health has identified the first rabid bat of 2021 in Illinois. Dr. Will Sander, a professor of veterinary medicine and preventative medicine and…
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The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 30) – Rebecca L. Smith, a professor of pathobiology who works on the U. of I.’s coronavirus-testing strategy, says more-vulnerable people should get vaccines before college students. “Personally, I…
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