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Patient Profile: Police Horse Cooper Pulls Through
Cooper, right, meets Cookie, left, at UW Veterinary Care, where he spent more than two weeks recovering from colic and other medical issues. Photo courtesy of the Madison Police Department On a warm...
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Hack, Gag, Cough: Tips to Control Cat Hairballs
Though famous felines from Garfield to Puss in Boots get them, hairballs are no joke. Commonly a problem for cats, rabbits and even cattle, hairballs may be a symptom of more significant illnesses or...
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Large Animal Hospital Welcomes Four New Surgeons
The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine welcomes four new surgeons to the Morrie Waud Large Animal Hospital. Joseph Davis, Jordan Kirkpatrick, Kayla Le and Paul Merkatoris expand a...
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UW Veterinary Care Offers Rabbit Vaccine Against Highly Contagious, Fatal...
A rabbit listens between nibbles in the Grady Kettle Hole Forest at the UW–Madison Arboretum. Photo: Bryce Richter Researchers and clinicians are sounding the alarm as the fatal rabbit hemorrhagic...
View ArticleUW Veterinary Care Offers Rabbit Vaccine Against Fatal Disease
Researchers say a fatal rabbit hemorrhagic disease, RHDV2, is spreading across the U.S. In response to the outbreak, the UW Veterinary Care Special Species Health Service at the University of Wisconsin...
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Help Fido Through Thunderstorms, Fireworks and Other Noise Phobias
Summer is a fun time for dogs and their people. Warm weather to go swimming, play fetch in the park, and have fun outside. However, as summer continues, thunderstorms and fireworks roll in as well,...
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Hustle, Bustle, Compassion and Know-How: Behind the Scenes with UW Veterinary...
When clients bring their animal to UW Veterinary Care, they often speak with a receptionist, veterinarian, fourth-year DVM student, veterinary technician, or some combination. But between the handoff...
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Ask a UW Veterinarian: Treating Mast Cell Tumors
This expert response comes from David Vail, professor and Barbara A. Suran Chair in Comparative Oncology at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. Question: Is it still the best to have mast cells in...
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UW Health Clinicians Pair with Veterinarians in Anesthesiology Elective
UW Health Anesthesiology resident Nyle Larson, right, discusses induction of anesthesia in an equine patient with members of the UW Veterinary Care clinical team during a weeklong elective in the...
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‘Death Cap’ Mushrooms Pose Threat to Dogs
While enjoying the warm weather of summer, pet parents should take precautions to protect their dogs from dangerous variations of mushrooms along paths, trails and yards. “Death cap” mushrooms, in...
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2022 New Residents and Interns Join UW Veterinary Care, School of Veterinary...
Each year, the UW School of Veterinary Medicine and UW Veterinary Care welcome a new group of interns and residents — graduate veterinarians who come here to learn from our exceptional specialists...
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Grant Helps Families Battle Their Pets’ Cancer at UW School of Veterinary...
In 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...
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Making a Difference With Donor Support
The 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...
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Ask a UW Veterinarian: Canine Cancer Occurrence
This 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...
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Against All Odds: Subliminal’s Journey to Star of the Breed
Tom Cull exhibits Subliminal at the American Royal livestock show. (Photo: Bullvine) Tom and Kelli Cull knew Subliminal would be an excellent cow when they saw her exhibited as a three-year-old at a...
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27 Years of Dedication and Love
It 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 University of Wisconsin School...
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Support Network: Veterinary Medical Social Worker Serves Hospital Team and...
UW Veterinary Care social worker Rhonda Nichols, left, and social work intern Lee Xiong, right, support hospital clients, clinicians, staff, and students in processing difficult situations and...
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Client Support Helps Find Cause of Common Dog Disease
The Funderburgs’ Labrador Retriever Opus had laryngeal paralysis and was part of a UW School of Veterinary Medicine study of the disease’s genetic basis. When Allison Smith and Tom McManus noticed...
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Pet Cancer Treatment Fund Helps Jubal Jump Back
Jennie and Steve Leffel love cats like no other. So, when their friend had a cat expecting kittens, the pair jumped to take care of one. They named the kitten Jubal and welcomed him to their family....
View ArticleTable Scraps? With Many Human Foods, Pets Should Pass
When 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 them a piece or two of...
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