Two founding faculty members of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) – Emeritus Dean Bernard Easterday and Susan Hyland MS’73 PhD’78 – were honored with the 2017 President’s Award from the Wisconsin …
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A Little Myelin Goes a Long Way to Restore Nervous System Function
Posted onIn the central nervous system of humans and all other mammals, a vital insulating sheath composed of lipids and proteins around nerve fibers helps speed the electrical signals or nerve impulses that direct our …
H7N9 Influenza is Both Lethal and Transmissible in Animal Model for Flu
Posted onIn 2013, an influenza virus that had never before been detected began circulating among poultry in China. It caused several waves of human infection and in late 2016, the number of people to become …
New Faculty Focus: Amelia Munsterman
Posted onSherman Named WVTA Veterinary Technician of the Year
Posted onKim Sherman, a certified veterinary technician in the Ophthalmology service at UW Veterinary Care, has received the 2017 Veterinary Technician of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Veterinary Technician Association (WVTA). This prestigious award is presented …
SVM has Strong Showing at Annual Veterinary Dental Forum
Posted onFaculty and staff from the UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s (SVM) Dentistry and Oral Surgery training program earned several honors and awards at the 2017 Annual Veterinary Dental Forum, held on September 14-17, 2017, in …
Ask A UW Veterinarian: Tissue Issue
Posted onThe question below was featured in the Summer 2017 issue of On Call, the magazine for friends of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. This issue’s response comes from Jason Bleedorn, MS’15, clinical associate professor of …
Top Dog in Brown County
Posted onWhen is a veterinarian more than a veterinarian? When they show as much care for people as they do for animals. That definitely defines Patrick Warpinski DVM’91. Warpinski is the owner and operator of …
UW-Madison Students in Houston to Aid Post-Harvey Mosquito Control
Posted onAs the floodwaters recede in Houston following Hurricane Harvey, millions of mosquitoes have emerged to blanket southeastern Texas, hampering recovery efforts and raising public health concerns about mosquito-borne diseases. To assist ongoing mosquito-control efforts, …
A Better Life for Bruce
Posted onA neurologist at the SVM has developed an easier, less stressful way to give cats seizure medication and is working to prove its effectiveness through a clinical study — with promising results. The story of …