Veterinary Medicine at Illinois

Job Title: Small Animal – Junior Surgery Assistant

Service/Unit area: Small Animal – Junior Surgery

Hiring Managers Name: Jacob Bough

Hiring Manager’s Email: [email protected]

Hourly Rate: $17/hr

Job Type: Patient Support

Job Structure: Flexible

Work Schedule:

WSIU Public Broadcasting (Oct. 12) – Alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy triggered by tick bites, is drawing growing concern in Illinois as the ticks linked to the condition spread north. Dr. Becky Smith, professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said a growing lone star tick population in Illinois could mean more people are at risk. “Usually allerg...

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