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Showing Devotion Through Drastic Change
Patient, dedicated, flexible, resilient — these are just a few words to describe the commitment shown by SVM faculty, staff, and students while navigating the new territory of COVID-19. In the face...
View ArticleUW Veterinary Care COVID-19 Update – August 2020
UW Veterinary Care is currently open for business; however, staffing is limited due to COVID-19’s many effects on the personal and professional lives of our clinicians and staff. For hospital...
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UW Veterinary Care Cancer Patients To Benefit From New, More Precise...
The Radixact radiation therapy treatment delivery system. Photo: Ron Collins/Accuray Beginning this week (Oct. 12), oncology patients undergoing radiation therapy at UW Veterinary Care will receive...
View ArticleAsk a UW Veterinarian: Concerns Around Pets and COVID-19
This expert response comes from Ruthanne Chun, associate dean for clinical affairs and director of UW Veterinary Care, with additional information from the American Veterinary Medical Association and...
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An Advocate for Pet Health and Perpetual Learning
In this 2008 photo, clinical instructor Sandi Sawchuk and a veterinary medical student conduct an exam of a UW Veterinary Care patient. “I put teaching as my top priority – both pet owners and...
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Companion Animal Fund Grant Program Supports 11 New Studies
Kia, a six-year-old Labrador retriever, demonstrates wearing a Holter heart monitor. Dogs with atrial fibrillation enrolled in a Companion Animal Fund-supported study will wear the 24-hour ambulatory...
View ArticleAsk a UW Veterinarian: Puzzled by Dog’s Snoring
This expert response comes from clinical assistant professor Elizabeth Alvarez and clinical instructor Maria Verbrugge DVM’03 with the UW Veterinary Care Primary Care service. Question: We have an old...
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A Gift for Newman is a Gift for Many Others
Rider and owner Mary Brown guides Newman, a 9-year-old Canadian Sport Horse, over a jump. Some people have a way of perceiving that enables them to see what is missing — to understand what is needed to...
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Sailing Through Life’s Adventures, Cocker Spaniel at Their Side
How many dogs have sailed from the Midwest to the Caribbean and back again? Zephyr for one. For nine months beginning in fall 2002, the little parti-color cocker spaniel was one-third of a seafaring...
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Making a Difference With Donor Support
Hospital clients, clinic sponsors, alumni, community members, industry partners, and more — the UW School of Veterinary Medicine receives the gracious support of donors from all walks of life with...
View ArticleNew Faculty Focus: Chelsea Holschbach DVM’14
Chelsea Holschbach DVM’14: clinical instructor in Large Animal Internal Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, UW School of Veterinary Medicine Hometown: Baraboo, Wis. Educational/professional...
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Polar Bears as Patients: Caring for Animals at Henry Vilas Zoo
The Henry Vilas Zoo’s two polar bears, Berit and Bo, together in the Arctic Passage exhibit. KRISTIN MYERS/HENRY VILAS ZOO Berit is relaxed and enjoys snacking on romaine lettuce. Bo is rambunctious...
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Veteran Finds Hope for Her Dog and Others in VA-Funded Study of Novel Cancer...
Chester, a 12-year-old beagle mix, is enrolled in a study funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate a novel immunotherapy in dogs with melanoma. When Brittney Maehl, a veteran of the...
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A New Face, and New Hope, for Gemma
Gemma, a four-year-old mixed breed dog, relaxes at home. Her muzzle sports a distinct shape and hair pattern following reconstructive surgery at UW Veterinary Care to repair severe facial injuries....
View ArticleCOVID Questions: Pet Sitting
Note: 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....
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‘Golden Girls Living Their Best Lives’
Former resident donor and teaching cows Maxine and Lois enjoy retirement on the farm of Eric Howlett DVM’18 (lower left) and his wife Bethany (top left). Eric Howlett DVM’18 grew up in the sprawling...
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7 Things You Need To Know About Protecting Your Pet From Insect-Borne Diseases
As the weather warms here in Wisconsin, many pet owners will be spending increasing amounts of time outdoors with their pets. With recommendations from UW Veterinary Care’s Primary Care service, here’s...
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Companions Through Good Times and Bad, How Can We Ever Thank Our Pets Enough?
For so many of us, our pets have been our constant companions this past year. We’ve turned to them for comfort and company, solace and sympathy. Bear, a 12-year-old Pomeranian, visits UW Veterinary...
View ArticleGround Broken for VetMed Expansion
On Friday, June 18, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine broke ground on its long-anticipated building expansion. The enhanced facilities will improve instruction space for...
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UW School of Veterinary Medicine Breaks Ground on Building Expansion
Bucky Badger and Chancellor Rebecca Blank stand with donors and other members of the campus and state community as they take shovels in hand during a UW School of Veterinary Medicine building expansion...
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