Case by Faith Ramsey, VM19 Triage and Presentation: A Barred Owl was presented to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital Emergency Room in November 2017 for head trauma and hyphema (blood) in the left… Read More >
Tony Bieser, VM20, Team Leader Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) This hawk presented to the Wildlife Medical Clinic after being found down near a public road. The finders cared for the patient for an unknown amount… Read More >
This beautiful barred owl has recently been accepted as a new member of the resident raptor team! She initially presented this past spring because she was unable to fly. Radiography, palpation, and range of motion… Read More >
If you haven’t already heard, it’s Odin’s twentieth “clinic birthday”! Help him help our patients by donating for his 20th Birthday Bash at our online fundraising site. On August 15, 1997, an emaciated juvenile red-tailed hawk… Read More >
This account is by Katelyn Bagg, a rising third year veterinary student and one of the clinic’s full-time summer interns. Working in a wildlife clinic on a daily basis is an adventure, as you never… Read More >
West Nile virus is an arthropod-vectored virus that was first identified in New York in 1999. Wild birds serve as the natural reservoir for the virus, with some species being more susceptible to disease than… Read More >
Guest post by second year veterinary student, Megan Stuart. On a hot summer’s day in late May, a Common Grackle was found on a driveway in Springfield, Illinois and brought to the Wildlife Clinic as… Read More >
Working in a wildlife clinic on a daily basis is an adventure, as you never know what you will be presented with. We take everything from a litter of baby bunnies to an emergency hit-by-car… Read More >
Alissa Mones, VM17 As a student who has volunteered in the Wildlife Medical Clinic as both a team member and a team leader, I have seen several cases pass through our clinic. One particular patient… Read More >
URBANA — There’s a hawk on the University of Illinois campus, but he’s not there to play hockey. It’s actually a young red-tailed hawk. A University of Illinois officer found it on Tuesday night. Police… Read More >
