January-February 2020

On Giving Day, Feb. 20, 2020, gifts poured in to support many UFCVM initiatives, from Aquatic Animal Health to Shelter Medicine and more.

In the news Dr. Simon Swift, a clinical associate professor of cardiology, was featured in a story about congenital heart disease in Veterinary Practice News. A story about an American Warmblood dressage champion who was successfully treated at UF in 2016-2017  and is now back in the show ring appeared…

The "This is How We Role” program is supported by the Science Education Partnership Award, administered through the National Institutes of Health.

Thanks to care at UF's Large Animal Hospital and his committed owner, the 9-year-old American Warmblood survived a life-threatening injury and bacterial infection in his hock.

A third-year clinical pathology resident at UFCVM has received the prestigious C.L. Davis Student Scholarship Award, presented annually by the American College of Veterinary Pathology.

Dr. Chris Sanchez will lead the UF Veterinary Hospitals in her new role.

The National Simmons Educational Fund Business Aptitude Award winner is chosen annually through a competition between individual school winners, all senior veterinary students, from veterinary colleges nationwide and overseas.

The new "Hart Cart" will create better mobility of small ruminant patients throughout the hospital.

UF veterinary emergency specialists saved a young French bulldog and took steps to ensure he would have the very best chance at a full recovery.

Participants from 10 different countries attended the 4th International Colic Surgery Conference and Laboratory, held Dec. 5-7 at the UF’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. David Freeman, a professor of equine surgery at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, developed the unique course.