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Dr. Christopher Adin named department chair

The UF College of Veterinary Medicine has named Christopher Adin, DVM, chair of the college’s department of small animal clinical sciences. His arrival is expected on September 1.

UF participates in new lifetime study of heart disease in Doberman Pinschers

A University of Florida faculty member is one of a three-person team of veterinary cardiology specialists who are conducting a first-ever lifetime study evaluating the influence of genetic mutations on the development of a potentially fatal heart disease that commonly affects nearly half of all Doberman pinschers. Amara Estrada,…

UF Veterinary Medicine scientist receives national award

Dr. Allison O’Kell Dr. Allison O’Kell, a small animal internal medicine specialist and clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has received a Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health in support of…

Practice-Based Small Animal Clerkship

The purpose of this course is to provide students with in-clinic primary care experience treating small animals (dogs, cats, and small exotics if treated by the practice), emphasizing physical examination, diagnosis, treatment, routine surgery and practice management.

Shelter Animal Sterilization and Population Management

Students in the two-week elective Shelter Practice Clerkship will learn how to care for these animals as individuals and as a population via an immersive, hands-on experience in a large-sized animal shelter. Students will participate in all aspects of shelter practice, including population medicine, behavior assessment and modification, zoonotic and…

Pepin

By Sarah Carey A dog that was severely beaten in front of several children at a Gainesville apartment complex recently was evaluated at the University of Florida Small Animal Hospital on Sept. 26 to determine whether surgery might aid in the healing of a fracture she sustained in her…

Precious

In the fall of 2012, a little black Pomeranian named Precious made a journey that is all too familiar for many of our nation’s pets. She hopped in the car with her family, never to return to the only home she’d ever known.  Precious’ medical bills had just become…

A Little Bit of Sunshine

Sunshine before treatment. Sunshine’s future wasn’t so bright when she found herself at the Alachua County Animal Services shelter with an irritating and unattractive skin condition in early October. Fortunately for Sunshine, Andrea Brower, Executive Director of Helping Hands Pet Rescue of Newberry, Florida…

Harvey

When Harvey entered the shelter at Alachua County Animal Services during the “dog days of summer” he just may have hit the jackpot! After a positive test for heartworm disease and diagnosis of a chronic, painful ocular condition, shelter workers knew they could not provide the level of care…

Noodle

Noodle poses with her new sister, Hailey. At just 10 months old, Noodle was relinquished to the county shelter in March after a run-in with a car left her with severe skin wounds and a severed tendon in one of…