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Since October 2016, the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) and UW Veterinary Care have been providing veterinary medical care for the wildlife in a Wisconsin educational center's animal exhibits -- including gray wolves, lynx, a badger, bald eagle, turkey vulture, barred owl, and great horned owl, that inhabit the state's ecological community.
Learn how this
partnership has yielded elevated care for these native mammals and birds of prey while presenting advanced learning opportunities for students and zoological medicine residents at the SVM.
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Pet Tips and Clinical Studies
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March 18-24 is Poison Prevention Week. Did you know that some common plants and flowers that you might even grow in your garden can be harmful to your pets? For example, lilies are highly toxic to cats -- ingesting even lily pollen can result in severe, acute kidney failure. Tulips -- particularly the bulbs -- are toxic to both cats and dogs. Ingestion can lead to vomiting, diarrhea or more severe signs such as change in heart rate or difficulty breathing.
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UW Veterinary Care's Dermatology
Service is
seeking dogs with recurring Staph infections
for a clinical study that will try to
determine if a particular vaccine helps
manage skin infections, thereby eliminating
the need for repeated courses of antibiotics.
Participating dogs will be prescribed
antiseptic spray and shampoo to treat the skin infection and randomly assigned to receive the study
vaccine or placebo (no medication).
The study involves an initial screening examination with skin and blood testing, and if the pet qualifies, four brief hospital visits spaced over 18 weeks. All of the visits, testing, and medications are paid for by the study.
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Our team of ER veterinarians is always available to provide immediate assistance to small animals in our 24-hour pet hospital, as well as equine, bovine and livestock in our Morrie Waud Large Animal Hospital.
We are equipped with the latest tools and technologies to care for critically ill or injured patients, ensuring you will have access to the treatments and specialists your animal requires.
Emergencies can be scary, and it isn't always clear if an illness or injury requires an urgent trip to the veterinarian. Symptoms that may be life-threatening and require emergency care include: t
rouble breathing, s
eizures, i
ngestion of poisons or intoxicants,
loss of consciousness or significant lethargy (dullness), trauma, n
onproductive retching or multiple episodes of vomiting, e
ye injuries, and d
ifficult labor.
If you are unsure whether you should bring your animal to our ER, please call 608-263-7600.
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UW Spring Game - April 13
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If You Want to Be a Hero, Just Come Along with Us
The UW School of Veterinary Medicine is partnering with the UW Athletic Department for the Wisconsin football team's annual Spring Game on Friday, April 13 at 6 p.m. at Camp Randall Stadium. P
roceeds from the game will benefit the school's
Animals Need Heroes Too building expansion campaign
.
Tickets for the Spring Game are $5 and are
on sale now
. Prior to kick off, the School of Veterinary Medicine will also host a booth featuring games and interactive activities at t
he Badger Sports Kids' Fair (4:30 - 6 p.m.) in the McClain Center, adjacent to Camp Randall. Admission to the fair is free.
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