School of Veterinary Medicine

Projects

• Development of a Cost-Effective Control Program for Johne's Disease

  UW-Madison Professor Michael Collins has invented a more accurate blood test for Johne's disease. Johne's disease is a costly and incurable bacterial...

• Pet Pals Pet Therapy Program

  The Pet Pals pet therapy program brings volunteer dogs and their owners to American Family Children's Hospital. The dogs provide emotional support fo...

• Reducing the Impact of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus Project

  This project represents new collaboration between the UW and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fisheries, to develop new tool...

• Annual Feline Conference

  Each year the Office of Continuing Veterinary Medical Education holds a Feline Conference that is designed to provide the most up-to-date information...

• Morrie Waud Equine Center

  The Morrie Waud Equine Center is a non-profit organization affiliated with the UW that has a 13,000 square foot hospital designed specifically for the...

• The Dairyland Initiative

  The main aim of the ‘Dairyland Initiative’ is to create a structured iterative process that brings dairy producers, their advisors, agricultural build...

• Wildlife Health Event Reporter (WHER)

  The Wildlife Health Event Reporter (WHER) is a website that enables anyone with an Internet connection to report sightings of sick or dead wildlife. I...

• Basic Small Animal Ultrasound Techniques

  The Basic Small Animal Ultrasound Techniques is an annual one-day conference held through the Office of Continuing Veterinary Medical Education at the...

• Computed Tomography Course

  This is a practical course for veterinarians with access to computed tomography (CT) to improve study quality and reading skills of neurologic, vascul...

• Advanced Small Animal Ultrasound

  This program will offer the small animal clinician an advanced level introduction to diagnostic ultrasound of important “small parts,” including scann...

• Orthopedics Workshop for Veterinary Technicians

  Participants will explore veterinary orthopedic conditions ranging from ligament and tendon damage to severely comminuted fractures. Participants will...

• Walter and Martha Renk Laboratory of Food Safety

  The Walter and Martha Renk Laboratory addresses basic and applied research problems of concern to consumers, food animal producers and food processing...

• Reducing the Impact of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus on Wisconsin's Fisheries

  Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is an invasive pathogen that threatens Wisconsin’s fisheries. Despite the economic and ecological damage tha...

• Solving the Mysterious Case of "Mahal"

  "Mahal" was a Bornean orangutan born in Colorado and rejected by his mother. He was sent to the Milwaukee County Zoo for adoption by a surrogate mothe...

• Clinician Scientist Training Workshop (CSTW)

  The goals of this workshop are to enhance interest and applicable skills in applied research among veterinary residents, and to promote collaborations...

• West Nile Virus in the Upper Midwest

  Since 2004, Dr. Tony Goldberg's lab has studied West Nile virus in the Upper Midwest. The focus is on a study site in the west Chicago suburbs. The la...

• Kibale EcoHealth Project

  Wisconsin was the location of an outbreak of Monkeypox virus in 2003, originating from rodents imported from Africa. Exotic pathogens remain a major c...

• Veterinary Care for Endangered Whooping Crane Reintroduction in Wisconsin

  Since 2001, the Zoo Medicine service of UW Veterinary Care has provided the necessary health services to assist in the reintroduction of the endangere...

• Transition Cow Facility Design

  This workshop will help you learn how to ask your lender for money to build a barn and not add any additional milking cows. Using the Dairyland Initia...

• Design of Positive Pressure Tube Systems for Improved Ventilation of Calf Barns

  Dr. Ken Nordlund will present on the deficits of common ventilation systems in calf barns, management of air quality and cold stress to minimize respi...

• Design of Positive Pressure Tube Systems for Milking Center Holding Area Heat Abatemen

  Drs. Ken Nordlund and Nigel Cook will present problems in holding area cooling and how positive pressure tube systems provide a lower energy effective...

• Applied Animal Behavior Conference

  In a joint presentation, Doctors John Ciribassi, Terri Derr, Judi Stella and Temple Grandin offer their expertise on animal behavior. Dr. Ciribassi te...

• Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Avian Flu Testing

  In the spring and summer of 2015, there was an outbreak of H5N2, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, in several counties in Wisconsin. This...

• Veterinary Services for International Crane Foundation

  This project sustains the Conservation Medicine Department of the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo (Sauk County). Our work in Conservation Me...

• How to Reduce Workplace Stress Though Communication & Leadership Skills

  Combining communication tools with self-management and self-awareness skills builds a stronger platform to lead and support empathetic interactions wi...

• Provision of health amenities to pet owners experiencing homelessness

  WisCARES provides free preventive veterinary medical care to animals owned by non-domiciled people. WisCARES provides subsidized veterinary medical ca...