A veterinarian with hearing loss is participating in UF’s new online shelter medicine course.
Archive for 2012
Veterinarian with hearing loss participating in online shelter medicine course
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, Features, PeopleRare human parasite found in U.S. horse for the first time, UF researchers report
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, NewsRare human parasite found in U.S. horse for the first time, UF researchers report By Sarah Carey A rare, potentially fatal species of parasite never before found in North America has been identified in a Florida horse. University of Florida veterinarians identified the parasite, called Leishmania siamensis, in the summer of 2011. This […]
Comprehensive communications training program underway at UFVH
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, December 2012, FeaturesSeveral UF veterinarians have received intensive communications training and are now teaching these skills to others at the UF Veterinary Hospitals.
VBMA to hold spring seminar
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, December 2012VBMA to hold spring seminar The University of Florida Veterinary Business Management Association will host a seminar March 30, 2013 featuring tips for building successful practices, entrepreneurship and effective management strategies. Practicing veterinarians as well as veterinary students and others in the veterinary industry are all invited to attend the day-long event, which will be […]
Two faculty speak at Brazilian Congress of Veterinary Surgery and Anesthesiology
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, PeopleTwo faculty speak at Brazilian Congress of Veterinary Surgery and Anesthesiology Dr. Luiz Bolfer, an emergency and critical care resident, and Dr. Andre Shih, an assistant professor of anesthesia, were invited speakers at the Brazilian Congress of Veterinary Surgery and Anesthesiology, held Nov. 1-4 in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The conference is South America’s largest meeting […]
Rescued Dachshund saved, ready for new home
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, December 2012Rescued Dachshund saved, ready for new home By Dr. Brian DiGangi 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 her, however, Andrea Brower, executive director of Helping Hands Pet Rescue of Newberry, saw beyond the […]
Horse home and happy for the holidays
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, Features, NewsAfter months-long odyssey of care for traumatic chest injury, family’s beloved colt is continuing to improve at home.
Around the College
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, December 2012Homecoming…a welcome reception for new graduate students….Puppy Palooza on campus…these and many more activities have kept life interesting at the college as well as around UF in recent weeks. Here are a few snapshots from some of these events.
Food and gift drives for needy underway at CVM
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, NewsFood and gift drives for needy underway at CVM The holidays are upon us, and the CVM has at least two staff-organized opportunities for contributing to the needy in our community. One is the traditional food drive, through which canned and other goods are collected for the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank. Another is […]
CVM staffers honored by SCAVMA
By Sarah Carey • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, PeopleCVM staffers honored by SCAVMA Two CVM staffers, Betsy Hunter, a veterinary technician with the UF Small Animal Hospital, and Mike Sapper, a biological scientist who works in the CVM’s anatomy lab, received the SCAVMA Staff Appreciation Awards for October and November respectively. Both have been honored with the award in the past as well. […]