Veterinary Medicine at Illinois

News-Gazette (July 26) – Oneida the ornate box turtle, a beloved ambassador animal at the Nahant Marsh Education Center in Davenport, Iowa, came to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital with a life-threatening condition: egg binding. With the help of the hospital’s dedicated specialists — and a GoFundMe account — Oneida survived and is now thriving at home. ...

WCIA-TV (July 22) – Decatur Memorial Hospital is donating an ultrasound machine to Scovill Zoo in Decatur to benefit the veterinary care of its animals. Specialist from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine that provide quality care at Scovill Zoo will use the machine to expand diagnostic procedures and achieve better health outcomes by facilitating early ...

A-Z Animals (July 22) – The veterinary support behind them is deep. Brookfield employs six clinical veterinarians, several residents, and ten veterinary technicians, all supported by a partnership with the University of Illinois and a large pathology team.

The Nature Conservancy (July 10) – Every spring for the past decade, Dr. Matt Allender has brought a team of researchers to survey Nachusa Grasslands’ ornate box turtle population. “There’s nobody who’s doing this kind of survey,” says Dr. Allender. “It informs ornate and eastern box turtle research overall. It’s such a good resource, even beyond the borders of Nachusa.”

Stethoscope, syringe, scalpel, … crayons?

Last month, faculty clinicians and residents at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital stepped away from their usual clinical tools to learn a different set of skills, ones designed to strengthen reflection, communication, and emotional wellbeing.

During a two-hour workshop, “The Power and...