How do you lure a reluctant cat through a rehab exercise program? With feather toys, cooing, and lots and lots of treats. For Willow, a three-year-old domestic shorthair who fractured both elbows last summer, physical …
UW Veterinary Care Success Stories
Physical Rehabilitation Allows Police Dog to Return to Duty
Posted onOn first appearance, Leon is a friendly fluff ball of a dog. Tail wagging, tongue out, the six-year-old German shepherd has a big smile set off by even larger ears covered in comically unruly tufts …
‘So Happy All the Time’: Abandoned Dog Now Adored
Posted on“Having Buddy in our lives has changed us all” On a frigid morning last January, a young pit bull mix was found abandoned on a rural roadside in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, hypothermic and suffering from …
A Leg to Stand On
Posted onPreviously plagued by a leg deformity, Ferguson is now standing strong with an artificial limb – the first large animal to receive an amputation and prosthesis at UW Veterinary Care The crowded surgery room …
Miracle Mutt
Posted onShot and abandoned, Sarge is now healed and loved. Sarge has come an incredibly long way since the frigid January morning when he was found abandoned on a rural roadside in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, suffering …
Emergency Surgery for Periwinkle the Blue Crane
Posted onThis story is republished with permission from the International Crane Foundation. View the original story Periwinkle, a 7-year-old female Blue Crane, received a life-saving surgery at UW Veterinary Care, the teaching hospital at the University …
Donkey Receives First of His Kind Amputation and Prosthetic Limb at UW School of Veterinary Medicine
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A 10-year old miniature donkey has quite the story to tell. Ferguson is making history for the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine.
Neglected Donkey Gets Artificial Leg After Rare Amputation at UW
Posted on Wisconsin State Journal
When Angela Langoski took in Ferguson, a miniature donkey, at her donkey rescue center east of Fond du Lac, his front left hoof was so disfigured it had formed a large abscess. At the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinarian amputated part of the animal’s leg and a prosthetist fit him with an artificial limb. Now the gray-and-black creature who spent most of his days lying down in pain is standing, walking and developing some equine attitude.
Patient Profile: 835 More Days with Dutch
Posted onLast fall, the School of Veterinary Medicine and hospital director Ruthanne Chun received a letter of gratitude from the Leahey family, whose Golden Retriever Dutch had received treatment for lymphoma at UW Veterinary Care. Sadly, …
Patient Profile: Good Golly, Molly
Posted onIn the moments after handing Janet McGowan a parking pass to place in her car, UW Veterinary Care (UWVC) reception staff member Julie Cotton sensed that something was seriously wrong with McGowan’s cat, Molly, …