Around the College

From left to right are Dr. Mike Walsh, co-director of the UF Aquatic Animal Health program, Dr. Stephen Cassel, who just completed his third year of residency in the AAH program, and Patrick Thompson, a AAH technician. They are pictured with an award the AAH group recently received from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southeast U.S. Marine Stranding Network. The award was given in recognition of the UF group’s “extraordinary efforts” in a pilot whale mass stranding event that took place in Southwest Florida in January. Walsh assisted in evaluations and euthanasias and then over the next few days the group was involved in recovery of live animals as well as in helping to perform necropsies of animals that had died. Samples from the stranding were analyzed by Dr. Nicole Stacy and the UF College of Veterinary Medicine clinical pathology lab. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Mike Walsh)

Dr. Natalie Isaza, director of UF’s Veterinary Community Outreach Program, holds a kitten awaiting surgery funded through the donor-supported HAARTS (Helping Alachua’s Animals Requiring Treatment and Surgery) fund. The program was featured in the news this month by the Gainesville Sun and WCJB-Channel 20 news. (Photo by Sarah Carey)

Mishka, a 9-year-old Boston terrier, is shown with her owner, Dave Heine of Orlando, and Dr. Kelly Fishman on July 7 following treatment in the underwater treadmill. Mishka has been receiving rehabilitation therapy to strengthen her legs and keep weight off following knee surgery at UF in April. (Photo by Sarah Carey)