The Winter 2012 issue of On Call, our tri-annual newsletter for friends of the school, has been mailed out and it also available online in .pdf format. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s inside: Generous Donation Supports Students in Need … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Updated Feline Vaccine Guidelines for 2012
The 2012 updated Feline Vaccine Guidelines from the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) have some new recommendations that may be of interest. The Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) vaccine should be a core vaccine for kittens. It should not be … Continue reading
Unique Team Saves Dog’s Failing Heart
It is said the heart works in mysterious ways. Unfortunately for Grey, a young and seemingly healthy German short-haired pointer, those mysterious ways were killing him. It would take the collaboration and innovation of experts from across the board to … Continue reading
Research Training Grant Opens Doors for Veterinary Students
“After four years of accumulating veterinary school loans and working at a minimal salary as a resident, it would be impossible to enter graduate school without financial support.” Sara Colopy, a recent Ph.D. graduate and clinical instructor at the UW … Continue reading
UW Veterinary Care Honored by 2012 Best of Madison Poll
The UW Veterinary Care Teaching Hospital took the silver award in the veterinarian category for the 2012 Best of Madison, an annual readers’ poll conducted by Madison Magazine. This achievement would not have been possible without the caring pet owners, … Continue reading
A Passion for Animals Benefits the Hospital
John and Kristina Murphy let their devotion show through everything they do. At their home in East Troy, Wisconsin, their family of pets is largely rescue animals, including a poodle from a puppy mill and a cat with a fierce … Continue reading
Ensuring a Future
Few of us can resist a golden retriever. Big, lovable, friendly. When Linda Nelson visited Malagold Kennels in DeForest, she expected to come home with a female golden retriever puppy. Instead, she met a herd of adults, discovered no puppies … Continue reading
Jean Sander, DVM 1987, Takes on Deanship at Oklahoma State
“It was one of those journeys I didn’t expect, but it has been perfect.” When Jean Sander, DVM 1987, decided to switch careers and pursue veterinary medicine, she had no idea that her new path would lead her to one … Continue reading
Duncan Releases Book on New Approaches to MS Treatments
A new volume co-edited by Ian Duncan, professor of neurology at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, describes cutting-edge research on potential treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), a debilitating disease that afflicts as many as 350,000 people in the United … Continue reading
SVM’s Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Earns High Academic Marks
Recent findings from the Academic Analytics 2010 Database (AAD 2010) show that the Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate program at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine is a top-ranked program. Both locally and on the national level, the program received top … Continue reading