Small Animal Surgery

Bacchus the greyhound steps out of the Small Animal Clinic with his owner and dozens of fans from the College of Veterinary Medicine

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Saving Patient Bacchus: A Greyhound’s 57 Days in Recovery
July 30, 2025

At the end of December 2024, as Bacchus the greyhound went on a walk with his seven greyhound brothers and sisters, the unthinkable happened. Three other dogs viciously attacked the greyhounds, injuring nearly all of…
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[the shelter medicine mobile surgical unit at the University of Illinois]

Sorting the Science on Spay and Neuter Surgeries

September 11, 2017

It’s almost always best to spay and neuter pets By far the most common surgeries performed on dogs in the United States are spay and neuter procedures—collectively called gonadectomies—that remove the reproductive organs to prevent…
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[Sonny, a French bulldog, in the University of Illinois veterinary hospital]

New Hope for Pets with Brachycephalic Syndrome

August 26, 2017

Illinois first in U.S. to offer procedure Brachycephalic syndrome: it’s a medical term for a variety of anatomical problems that sometimes obstruct the airways in pugs, bulldogs, and other pets (even cats!) with flat faces….
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[tplo rottweiler]

From CCL Tears to TPLO Repairs

April 17, 2017

Rottweilers and Mastiffs are prone to CCL rupture In the NBA and the NFL, a torn ACL—anterior cruciate ligament—is an all-too-common injury. That same injury frequently afflicts dogs (even ones that aren’t athletes), but in…
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