News & Stories: Hawk Talk Newsletter
Hawk Talk Newsletter
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Domestic or Wild? The Snowshoe Hare
Order Lagomorpha Rabbits are often misidentified as rodents, but they actually belong to the taxonomic order Lagomorpha. Within this group are two families: Leporidae, which…
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Visiting the New Education Classroom
CiLiving recently visited the Wildlife Medical Clinic and chatted with WMC Program Coordinator, Sydney Oliveira, about the clinic’s new education classroom and programs offered in…
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Rabbit Fever, People, and Pets
Earlier this year, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District identified Tularemia, also known as Rabbit Fever, in several dead squirrels from the Champaign area. While Tularemia…
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Eastern Gray Squirrel 25-1701
Initial Exam and Findings Patient 25-1701 was an adult eastern gray squirrel that presented to the clinic on August 16th, for a possible head injury…
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A Troubled Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle 25-611 Meet 25-611, a male eastern box turtle. He came to us with an aural abscess–an issue commonly seen with turtles of…
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Illinois Threatened and Endangered Species
Since joining the Wildlife Medical Clinic at the University of Illinois I have learned a lot about common species found in Illinois, anatomical differences in…
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Bird Migration
Whether you’re an avid bird-watcher or a person who avoids parking under trees so that you don’t have to wash the droppings off your car…
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New Treatments of Chytridiomycosis
Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease cause by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytriu salamadrivorans. This disease infects amphibians, effecting frogs the most. It has led to the…
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Bobcat Bulletin: A Wild Case Update
Bobcat (Lynx rufus) American bobcats are a medium sized cat that can be up to two feet tall at the shoulders and weigh upwards of…
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Introducing our Junior Student Manager, Alexa
Meet Alexa, our junior student manager! She is currently finishing up her first year as a veterinary student here at University of Illinois. She is…