Practitioner Updates

The urgent and convenient care service re-opens at our Veterinary Medicine South Clinic on September 12. The goal of the service is to provide the veterinary referral community with an alternative to sending their clients…
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Our already-strained small animal emergency service anticipates continuing to operate at capacity in the coming months. We are currently at Level 2 of our tiered triage system. This means patients presenting for chronic illness will…
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In 1994, Congress passed the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA), allowing legal extra-label drug use by veterinarians under specific conditions. Although the most stringent restrictions are for food animals, the law also applies…
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Dr. Gray is a clinical assistant professor of equine surgery. Tell us about your background. As many veterinarians do, I decided at a very young age that this was the career I wanted. I spent…
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The small animal internal medicine service is pleased to announce a new, low-dose I-131 therapy for the treatment of feline hyperthyroidism. This protocol has been shown to reduce the chances of iatrogenic hypothyroidism and azotemia,…
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In certain situations, inducing emesis in dogs may be required. A flow chart has been developed by veterinarians from Auburn University indicating when it is and is not appropriate to induce emesis. The authors do…
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Ten years ago, Dr. Devon Hague joined our hospital’s clinical faculty to rebuild a neurology service that had been without a boarded neurologist for 10 years. Aided by Denise Weber, a veterinary technician with extensive…
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Kamerer is the clinical trials coordinator for the oncology service. Tell us about your background. I am a true townie, born and raised right here in Champaign-Urbana. I went to veterinary technician school at Parkland…
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Fig. 1. A dog with moderate cardiomegaly with a VHS of 11.5. There is evidence of left atrial enlargement. The pulmonary vessels and parenchyma are unremarkable with no evidence of cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Thoracic radiographs…
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