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News-Gazette (April 6) – Dr. Pamela Wilkins, a veterinarian the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine who is board-certified in large-animal internal medicine and in veterinary emergency and critical care, has written textbooks and…
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Saving the Penguins of Peru

March 06, 2019 / In the News

WILL-AM The 21st Show (March 5) – Two Illinois scientists are hoping to make a difference for the Humboldt penguin native to Peru: Dr. Mike Adkesson, vice president of clinical medicine for the Chicago Zoological…
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Pet Reptile Basic Care

March 04, 2019 / In the News

News-Gazette (March 3) – With the interest in reptiles as pets expanding, Dr. Sarah Reich, a veterinarian who sees wildlife and exotic pets at the UI College of Veterinary Medicine, has some advice for current…
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Wildlife Ambassadors Hazel and Thistle on TV

March 01, 2019 / In the News

UI7-TV (March 1) – Volunteers from the Wildlife Medical Clinic introduced Hazel the Eastern box turtle and Thistle the American kestrel to the campus on the Good Morning Illini live TV show.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYeiDggR-K8&list=UUNvaH1rL6_EBJsv0_6_FCTQ&index=7&t=0s

Puppy Gets Heart Fixed on Valentine’s Day

March 01, 2019 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; March 1) – Drs. Jonathan Stack and Gabi Wallace, both cardiology residents at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and Lauren Phillips, a fourth-year veterinary student, told the story of Olive, a poodle puppy that…
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Plasticizer Impacts Reproductive Health

February 25, 2019 / In the News

Daily Illini (Feb. 25) – Professor Jodi Flaws and Katie Chiang, doctoral student in comparative biosciences, co-authored a study, have found that feeding mice doses of phthalates, found in plastics, decreases fertility in female mice…
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Allergies in Dogs and Cats

February 25, 2019 / In the News

News-Gazette (Feb. 24) – Dr. Clarissa Souza, a veterinarian in the dermatology service at the UI Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, says pets with allergies come to the hospital every single day. “Allergies are definitely…
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Illinois Part of Gombe Chimp Project

February 22, 2019 / In the News

Mongabay (Feb. 22) – The Gombe Ecosystem Health Project was born at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. … [Organizers] were soon joined by disease ecologist Thomas Gillespie (now a professor at Emory University) who brought his…
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Winter Adaptations in Wildlife

February 19, 2019 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Feb. 13) – Dr. Samantha Sander was the guest from the Wildlife Medical Clinic, talking about how different species adapt to winter. https://www.wcia.com/ciliving/critters-uncaged-winter-hibernation/1779935781?fbclid=IwAR2ui-cXwhOMUuBnCRxklF8vOKElNo3gHFfSnc67n0QGnKvG0StWpryDIMQ

Anesthesia for Big Cats

February 12, 2019 / In the News

News-Gazette (Feb. 10) – When it’s time for dental care for the residents of the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Center Point, Ind., anesthesia is provided by Dr. Stephanie Keating, a board-certified anesthesiologist at the…
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Uwe Rudolph Among Top Research Recruits at Illinois

February 04, 2019 / In the News

News-Gazette (Feb. 4) – Seven professors with more than $28 million worth of research power will join the University of Illinois faculty this year under a new program designed to recruit some of the world’s…
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