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WCIA-TV News (May 1) – Dr. James Lowe, a professor of veterinary clinical medicine, said the H5N1 virus mostly impacts farm animals — usually birds and cows. It can pass around as one bird ingests…
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What Is a Cat-Friendly Practice?

August 15, 2023 / In the News

Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.; Aug. 14) – Recently, the Veterinary Medicine South Clinic at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital achieved gold-level certification as a Cat Friendly Practice®. It is the only Cat Friendly…
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Parvovirus Outbreak in Champaign Area

August 14, 2023 / In the News

WICD-TV (Aug. 11) – “We’ve seen a major influx in parvo cases coming through the emergency room recently. Unfortunately, sometimes we have seen litters at a time affected with this disease,” said Dr. Erin Long,…
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Awareness of Religious Diversity Enhances Veterinary Care

August 08, 2023 / In the News

AVMA/VMAE Journey for Teams (2023) – In a brief video that is part of a series designed to “inspire curiosity, reflection, and respectful dialogue” on diversity topics, Dr. Yvette Johnson-Walker talks about religious diversity. “Looking…
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Orphaned Foal Gets a New Mom

August 04, 2023 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Aug. 3) – Dr. Giorgia Podico, an equine theriogenologist at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital details the case of a foal that lost its mom but was able to be “grafted”…
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New Wildlife Residency Shows Value

July 31, 2023 / In the News

Chicago Sun-Times (July 28) – Dr. John Winter, a 2022 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine, is the first resident in the nation’s first wildlife residency program accredited by the American College of Zoological…
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UI Trustees Approve New Veterinary Cancer Wing

July 21, 2023 / In the News

News-Gazette (July 21) – The University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital is going to get bigger soon — by 23,227 square feet, according to a plan approved Thursday by the UI Board of Trustees. The…
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Veterinary Student Selected for Farm Bureau Loan

July 19, 2023 / In the News

Illinois AgriNews (July 18) – Madison Andrae, a member of the DVM Class of 2026 at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently selected by the Illinois Farm Bureau IVET Committee as…
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