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Here Come the Holidays! Are You and Your Pet Ready?

November 4, 2024

If the sounds of school bells, crunching of leaves underfoot, and touchdown celebrations has not yet alerted you, summer has ended and fall festivities loom on the horizon. Dr. Canaan Shores, a veterinarian who heads…
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Care and Feeding of Your Pet Fish

October 24, 2024

Fish are the perfect starter pet for kids and adults, right? Well, it may not be as simple as you think. To avoid mishandling and other problems that result in the needless death of the…
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Soot and Shepard both contracted Feline Infectious Peritonitis

A Tale of Two Kitties: Feline Infectious Peritonitis

September 13, 2024

This is the story of Soot and Shepard, two male cats born to the same litter and adopted by a loving family. Tragically, Soot was lost to an unexpected and unnamed disease in April 2024….
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Pet Allergies: From Head Shakers to Bottom Scooters

August 30, 2024

When your allergic pet gnaws on her haunch or licks his feet incessantly, the habit might annoy you just as much as it does the pet. Some furry friends go their entire lives without suffering…
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Lameness in Athletic Horses: What Can Be Done About It?

August 26, 2024

Just like human athletes, athletic horses undergo a combination of physical demands, impacts, and repetitive stress that makes them prone to injury and lameness. Dr. Annette McCoy, an equine surgeon at the University of Illinois…
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Why Did the Vet Student Catch the Turtle?

August 19, 2024

Every spring and summer, students from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine venture into Illinois forests and waterways to save the world … one turtle at a time. The veterinary students work in…
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Prevent Tick Bites for Pets and People

July 18, 2024

They crawl on your shoes as you hike. They burrow in your scalp. They crawl around in the hair of your dog and nestle in the skin of your cat. “They” are ticks! Every veterinary…
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Why All the Fuss about Avian Influenza?

July 08, 2024

You’re coughing and you feel miserable. Is it “the flu”? Maybe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that, most years, around 30 million people in the United States will become ill with influenza,…
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University of Illinois students visit Danville to help with a community medicine clinic

Prevention and Testing Keep Pets Safe from Heartworm, Lyme Disease

May 11, 2024

Is it really necessary to test your pets for certain diseases at the annual veterinary visit? And what about paying for vaccinations and monthly preventive medications? Dr. Gene Pavlovsky, director of Veterinary Medicine South Clinic,…
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Cicadas: Pet Treat or Pet Threat?

May 02, 2024

Periodical cicadas have an unusual but ancient life cycle. They spend most of their life underground, emerging every 13 or 17 years (depending on which brood of periodical cicada they are) for a rush of…
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Here Come the Holidays! Are You and Your Pet Ready?

Care and Feeding of Your Pet Fish

A Tale of Two Kitties: Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Pet Allergies: From Head Shakers to Bottom Scooters

Lameness in Athletic Horses: What Can Be Done About It?

Why Did the Vet Student Catch the Turtle?

Prevent Tick Bites for Pets and People

Why All the Fuss about Avian Influenza?

Prevention and Testing Keep Pets Safe from Heartworm, Lyme Disease

Cicadas: Pet Treat or Pet Threat?

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Here Come the Holidays! Are You and Your Pet Ready?

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