When Allison Smith and Tom McManus noticed their Labrador Retriever, Beau, was breathing noisily more often and walking differently, they knew something was wrong. After taking Beau to the veterinarian, they discovered he had laryngeal …
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Place for Practice: Gifts Enhance Educational Spaces and Learning Tools
Posted onWilliam and Shirley Maeck’s impact on the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine continues to live on in the Maeck Clinical Skills Training Center. This bright and inviting state-of-the-art teaching space, which opened five …
27 Years of Dedication and Love
Posted onIt takes a lot of love and dedication to keep up with something for 27 years. Ramona Widick sure knows this. For each of the past 27 years, she has made a donation to the …
Making a Difference With Donor Support
Posted onThe UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s upward trajectories in teaching and learning, research, clinical care, and more are only made possible because of you, our supporters. From a record-breaking year for research funding to a …
Toward Greater Representation
Posted onLia Spencer, a member of the DVM Class of 2024 at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, is the first recipient of the newly established Pan Asian Veterinary Medicine Scholarship award. Tim Yoshino, …
Grant Helps Families Battle Their Pets’ Cancer at UW School of Veterinary Medicine
Posted onIn March of 2022, Robert Kidby noticed his 10-year-old Shar Pei mix, Brady, had swelling below his right eye and was drooling excessively. Kidby took Brady to his veterinarian in Virginia, thinking it was just …
Companion Animal Fund Grant Program Supports 10 New Studies
Posted onResearchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine will pursue 10 new research projects with support from the school’s Companion Animal Fund Grant Program. In 2022, the program distributed over $137,000 in grants …
Buster Battles Back Against Cancer, With Support From Treatment Fund
Posted onBy Alisyn Amant Michelle* swears she will never forget Feb. 19, 2021. It was her birthday, so she decided to take the day off to take Buster, the family’s Bouvier de Flandres, to their veterinarian …
Grant Provides Lifesaving Pet Cancer Treatments at UW School of Veterinary Medicine
Posted onWhen Kiki, a daring 11-year-old black cat, became less bold and outgoing this January and started repeatedly sneezing, his family knew something was the matter. “For some cats, you might know they do not feel …
Companion Animal Fund Grant Program Supports 18 New Studies
Posted onThanks to the Companion Animal Fund Grant Program, faculty at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) will pursue 18 new research projects — seven more than in 2020 — aimed at improving animal health …