Legacy Continues for Dog Whose Cancer Treatment at UW-Madison Inspired Millions
Long after the last play was called in the 2020 Super Bowl and fans and players left the stadium, an amiable golden retriever named Scout, who appeared in a 30-second commercial during the game’s second …
February 10, 2023
Place for Practice: Gifts Enhance Educational Spaces and Learning Tools
William 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 …
November 28, 2022
Record-Setting Research Portfolio Embodies One Health Approach
Would you expect scientists studying influenza, human respiratory disorders, multiple sclerosis, cancer treatments, and more to be based at a School of Veterinary Medicine? Every day, faculty, staff, and students within the University of Wisconsin …
November 15, 2022
New Genetic Test Identifies Dogs’ Risk of Common Ligament Rupture
By looking at him, you might not know Thabiso had two ruptured cruciate ligaments. “He was a massive dog, 125 pounds,” Allison Smith says about her beloved Labrador Retriever. When Smith got Thabiso in 2010, …
September 13, 2022
Understanding the Human-Animal Interplay of COVID-19 and Other Diseases
Tony Goldberg knows that most human diseases, like COVID-19, don’t start — or end — with our species. These diseases are really a part of our whole ecosystem, and that includes the animals we interact …
March 30, 2022
Researchers Work to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine to Contain Future Outbreaks
Since being detected in South Carolina in mid-January, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has spread through commercial and backyard flocks along the East Coast and in the Midwest. On March 14, the first case of …
March 16, 2022
Alumna Envisions, and Builds, a More Inclusive Veterinary Community
Cara Williams has found a perfect fit as a veterinary medical officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but she faced numerous hurdles on the way to her dream career. Feelings …
March 2, 2022
Collaborating on Chronic Wasting Disease
By Alisyn Amant Together, researchers at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are working to uncover new insights into chronic wasting disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer populations. Building …
November 22, 2021
New Surgical Procedure Saves Parrot
Bogey, a 24-year-old umbrella cockatoo, underwent multiple procedures over a span of 16 years for a recurrent, serious condition, but nothing worked. Kim Hannah, the founder and executive director of Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee, …
November 22, 2021
Successful Dairying Built on Cows’ Well-Being
They hosted their first virtual workshops, offered virtual farm consultations, created guidelines to combat the spread of COVID-19, and incorporated other changes to continue to support dairy industry professionals during these everchanging times Because that …
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