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Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets
Purina for Professionals is proud to support our event Happy Hour on Thursday, September 18.
Universal Imaging
Universal Imaging is proud to sponsor the 2026 Fall Conference for Veterinarians.
Hawthorne Animal Hospital
Thank you for sponsoring breakfast!
Learn more about this sponsor by visiting their website: Hawthorne Animal Hospital
Will Sander – DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Associate Professor
Dr. Sander is an Associate Professor for Preventive Medicine and Public Health and Director of the DVM/MPH Joint Degree program at University of Illinois – College of Veterinary Medicine. His research focuses on the intersection of human, animal, and ecosystem health – One Health – and includes interprofessional experience curriculum development; zoonotic disease emergence, behaviors and preventions; the human-animal bond; antimicrobial resistance; and emergency preparedness and response.
An Update on One Health Efforts in Illinois
The state of Illinois has embraced One Health in part because of the increasing One Health concerns from COVID-19 to highly pathogenic avian influenza to expanding antimicrobial resistance and tick-borne disease. This session will provide an update on those efforts including tangible ways you and the state of Illinois can push One Health forward.
- Describe the One Health efforts currently being led by the state of Illinois.
- Identify the top One Health threats currently impacting the state of Illinois that relate to veterinary practice.
Judilee Marrow – DVM, DACZM
Clinical Assistant Professor
Judilee Marrow, DVM, DACZM, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Zoological Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Illinois, followed by a small animal rotating internship and specialized internships and residency training in exotics, wildlife, and zoo animal medicine, including a zoological medicine residency at Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park. Dr. Marrow is a board-certified diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine and has held staff veterinarian positions at major accredited zoos prior to joining academia. She is an internationally invited speaker and educator, with clinical, teaching, and research interests spanning zoological companion animals, dentistry, anesthesia, radiology, and evidence-based veterinary care across diverse taxa.
Backyard Poultry Basics
Backyard Poultry Basics provides a practical, case-based approach to the evaluation and management of common health problems encountered in backyard poultry. This lecture emphasizes effective history-taking, hands-on physical examination, diagnostic decision-making, and treatment considerations unique to chickens as food-producing animals. Attendees will review common presentations—including reproductive disease, trauma, parasitism, pododermatitis, diarrhea, ocular disease, and Marek’s disease—while gaining guidance on regulatory considerations, client education, and flock-level health management.