By Maddie Arthur, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine This image depicts a number of spheroid shaped Staphylococcus aureus bacteria attempting to escape their destruction by human white blood cells. Photo credit: Public Health Image...
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Help Poultry Owners Maintain Strong Biosecurity Against HPAI
By the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Division of Animal Health This year, 23 poultry flocks throughout Wisconsin were confirmed with highly pathogenic avian influenza. While cases have slowed, Wisconsin is among the states...
SVM Seeks Input to Ensure Veterinary Curriculum Meets Post-Graduate Needs
By Peggy Schmidt, DVM, MS, DACVPM, Associate Dean for Professional Programs, University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary MedicineThe University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (UW SVM) wants to make sure its curriculum is relevant for today’s graduates.As...
Veterinarians’ Role in the COVID-19 Vaccine Discussion
By Jo-ell Carson, Executive Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Vaccines don’t save lives, vaccinations do. We have all heard it. And, we have heard that the speed at which the COVID-19 vaccines have been developed has raised...
Tracking Virus Mutations Reveals Success of Stay-at-Home Orders
By Chris Barncard, University Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison A family tree of more than 200 variations in the virus that causes COVID-19 helps explain why two Wisconsin counties – just 75 miles apart, but far from the origins of the...
New Vaccine Strategy Harnesses ‘Foot Soldier’ T-Cells To Provide Protection Against Influenza
By Meghan Lepisto, Publications and Media Relations Manager, University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine As Americans begin pulling up their sleeves for an annual flu vaccine, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have provided new...
Simpler COVID-19 Test Could Provide Results in Hours
By Chris Barncard, University Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison Volunteers at four sites in Madison are being tested for the virus that causes COVID-19 by spitting in a vial, which may prove faster, cheaper and less complicated than other...
WLIC Launches Animal Disease Traceability Video
By Allison Hahn, Communications & Administrative Manager, Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium The Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) is debuting a video highlighting the importance of animal disease traceability and the use of...
One Health in Practice: Human Diagnostic Testing at the WVDL
By Dr. Keith Poulsen, Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory As clinicians, we all understand that the two major components to controlling an epidemic outbreak of an infectious disease are quality diagnostic tests and tools to help control the...
Study Confirms Cats Can Become Infected With and May Transmit COVID-19 to Other Cats
By Kelly Tyrrell, University Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison In a study published May 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the U.S. and Japan report that in the laboratory, cats can readily become infected with SARS-CoV-2,...