December 2012 news at the College of Medicine

Veterinarian with hearing loss participating in online shelter medicine course

By • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, Features, People

A veterinarian with hearing loss is participating in UF’s new online shelter medicine course.

Rare human parasite found in U.S. horse for the first time, UF researchers report

By • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, News

  Rare 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 • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, December 2012, Features

Several 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 • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, December 2012

VBMA 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 • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, People

Two 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 • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, December 2012

Rescued 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 • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, Features, News

After months-long odyssey of care for traumatic chest injury, family’s beloved colt is continuing to improve at home.

Around the College

By • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, December 2012

Homecoming…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 • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, News

Food 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 • Dec 5th, 2012 • Category: December 2012, People

CVM 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. […]