We all know the holiday trope where a child opens a present and a kitten or puppy pops their head out. It’s a cute idea but gifting a pet for the holidays is a huge …
UW Veterinary Care News
Table Scraps? With Many Human Foods, Pets Should Pass
Posted onWhen the kitchen is full of baking and cooking, and the whole family is eating around the table, it’s easy to want your pets to join in the merriment. You may be tempted to slip …
Client Support Helps Find Cause of Common Dog Disease
Posted onWhen 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 …
Support Network: Veterinary Medical Social Worker Serves Hospital Team and Clients
Posted onWhen Kevin Kasza entered his oncology clinical rounds as a fourth-year student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, he knew it would have some challenges. Oncology, the study and treatment of cancer, …
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 …
Against All Odds: Subliminal’s Journey to Star of the Breed
Posted onTom and Kelli Cull knew Subliminal would be an excellent cow when they saw her exhibited as a three-year-old at a Holstein show in 2012. For the ten years the Culls have had her on …
Ask a UW Veterinarian: Canine Cancer Occurrence
Posted onThis expert response comes from David Vail, a veterinary oncologist and Barbara A. Suran Chair in Comparative Oncology at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. Question: Three of the four dogs I’ve owned have had cancer …
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 …
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 …
Protect Dogs From Parvovirus
Posted onNorthern Michigan had an outbreak of canine parvovirus infection this summer that sickened several dogs. Before the disease was confirmed through additional testing in affected patients, veterinarians were left wondering about the origins of the …