Since March 2020, Marie Bucko DVMx’21 has served as president of the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA). The national organization, comprised of 37 student chapters and more than 17,000 student members, aims to support …
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‘Golden Girls Living Their Best Lives’
Posted onEric Howlett DVM’18 grew up in the sprawling Texas suburbs of Houston and freely admits to never touching a cow until he visited a University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) open house for …
UW Veterinary Care Cancer Patients To Benefit From New, More Precise Radiation Therapy Delivery System
Posted onWritten by Meghan Lepisto Oncology patients undergoing radiation therapy at UW Veterinary Care will now receive treatments with an adaptive, motion-tracking radiotherapy system. The cutting-edge machine, installed in fall 2020, provides several advantages for companion …
Veteran Finds Hope for Her Dog and Others in VA-Funded Study of Novel Cancer Treatment
Posted onWhen Brittney Maehl, a veteran of the Navy, learned of the opportunity to help her dog Chester – and other cancer patients – through a clinical trial funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, she …
Ask a UW Veterinarian: Antibody Test and Immunization Explainer
Posted onThis expert response comes from Laurie Larson, veterinarian and director of the Companion Animal Vaccine and Immuno-Diagnostic Service (CAVIDS) Lab at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. Question: My breeder insists on titering. Our state, …
COVID Questions: Facts About Effectiveness of Testing
Posted onNote: UW-Madison will be publishing answers to questions about COVID-19 and the pandemic each week in a COVID questions column. If you have a question, please email it to covid19update@uc.wisc.edu. This post was originally published here. Q: …
Polar Bears as Patients: Caring for Animals at Henry Vilas Zoo
Posted onBerit is relaxed and enjoys snacking on romaine lettuce. Bo is rambunctious and would rather eat lard. The pair of polar bears, age 22 and 2, respectively, reside at Dane County’s Henry Vilas Zoo in …
Mystery Disease at Sierra Leone Chimpanzee Sanctuary Linked To Bacterial Infection
Posted onIn 2005, chimpanzees at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone, started getting sick. They would stumble, vomit and stop eating. The illness came on quickly; some chimps were found dead before caretakers even knew they …
Viral Sequencing Catches Mutations, Guides Effective Public Health Response
Posted onThousands of daily cases. Hundreds of thousands of deaths. Hundreds of millions of vaccine doses. As the tallies of COVID-19’s effects in the United States have mounted to a dizzying scale, a team of University …
Wisconsin VOICE Chapter Receives 2020-21 National Chapter of the Year Award
Posted onThe University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine chapter of Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment (VOICE) has won the VOICE National Chapter of the Year Award for 2020-21. This is the second time …