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11/23/2024

A Baby Seven update and a bit of a behind the scenes look.

11/23/2024

3 generations of Vol fans right there! Our Dean sharing traditions with his father and his son. Go Vols!

11/23/2024

Know what you see here? Two legends outfitted in the best color ever! Small animal surgeon Dr. Karen Tobias is this year’s recipient of the national American Veterinary Medical Association Clinical Research Award and Smokey for the 2nd year in a row Smokey placed first in the Mascot National Championship semis! Top-10 in Division 1A (FBS) move on to finals in January. Smokey was at UT Veterinary Medical Center to lift the spirits of our clinical year veterinary students—they are in the middle of taking their national boards. Go Vols!

11/23/2024

Be Bear aware.

Beyond just being the cute and cuddly mascot of the Great Smoky Mountains, bears are an economic driver. For more Local News from WVLT: https://www.wvlt.t...

11/22/2024

Can you believe it has been years since Scarlet first came to our ICU? WBIR Channel 10's Olivia Dague with the update.

Friends of Campbell County, Tennessee Animals found the three month old pup on the side of the road and many didn't think she'd make it.

11/22/2024

Our Dr. Sharonda Cooper -- a unicorn! Helping students as they help animals. https://www.tnledger.com/Knoxville/editorial/Article.aspx?id=182792

11/21/2024

Have you heard of veterinary social work? UTCVM, in collaboration with the University of Tennessee College of Social Work, has been innovating and driving this field forward for over 20 years. Every day the Center for Veterinary Social Work attends “to the welfare of all species through excellence in global interprofessional practice.” Yesterday CVSW director, Dr. Elizabeth Strand presented a keynote address on resilience at the National Institute for Animal Agriculture meeting in Denver.

11/21/2024

10 of our veterinarians are UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine alumni and we got ahold of some class composites. See anyone you recognize? 😉 🧡🤍

11/21/2024

Ladybug knows how to stay warm! As temperatures drop, make sure animals have access to fresh water and shelter from cold winds.

11/20/2024

Our dean Paul Plummer (CVM ‘00) is a national expert in antimicrobial resistance. Today he participated in an AAVMC co-sponsored lunch briefing on Capitol Hill related to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and what steps the 119th Congress could take to further combat AMR. UT Knoxville Alumni

Today, AAVMC co-sponsored a lunch briefing on Capitol Hill related to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and what steps the 119th Congress could take to further combat AMR.

Pictured: Kevin Cain (Senior Director for Governmental Affairs, AAVMC) and Dr. Paul Plummer (Dean, UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine)

11/19/2024

Baby Seven update and THANK YOU for your support during Big Orange Give!

11/18/2024

Sherrie Farmer O’Brien (DVM ’94) is familiar with embracing the unknown. After graduating from the university, O’Brien worked in small animal medicine for twenty-three years, eleven of which exclusively focused on felines. However, after her children grew up and embarked on lives of their own, she considered a career shift. https://landlifeandscience.tennessee.edu/periodical/spring-summer-2024/great-grads-sherrie-farmer-obrien/ (members of the UTCVM Alumni Council pose for a group photo in 2019. From left to right: Chuck Halford, Kathy Kunkel, Tim Mandrell, Sherrie O’Brien, and Mark Ledyard.)

11/16/2024

It has been a year for those cubs and Appalachian Bear Rescue!

Crockett at UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. He is very malnourished,weighing 11 pounds (4.99 kg). He's almost ten months old, the same age as our other 28 bear cubs.

11/16/2024

November 15, 2024: ABR Newsflash - Bear 425 Arrives

Late this afternoon, ABR received a call from TWRA. A citizen in Greene County, Tennessee, had reported a small cub high in the same tree for three days. No adult bears were seen in the area. TWRA officers were able to capture the little bear and called ABR for assistance. The officers met Curator Jamie and transferred the cub to ABR. Curator Jamie transported the bear to The UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine for a medical exam. Curator Katrina met them at UTCVM with an ABR transport crate and the ABR medical box.

The little bear is male and weighs 11 pounds (4.99kg). Generally, he is in good health, but very small for his age. He and all of our other cubs will be 10 months old late next week. No one knows what happened to his mother bear or why he was alone high in a tree for three days.

ABR Bear 425 ties some records that we would rather not tie. He is the 36th bear of the ABR Class of 2024. He will also be the 29th bear currently onsite at the ABR bear facility. We reached these numbers in both 2011 and 2015. Both of those years were famine years in our area. A lack of natural foods for bears and other wildlife to eat always drives large numbers of cubs to ABR for assistance. This year is NOT a famine year in our area. There are plenty of acorns for the bears and other critters. This year, the numbers have been driven by human-bear conflict. Ten of our cubs were orphaned when their mothers were euthanized after severe incidents of conflict with humans. Another thirteen of our cubs were orphaned when either their mothers or the cubs themselves were hit by vehicles. It's been a tough year for cubs, for our ABR staff, and for our wildlife agency partners.

Thank you for keeping all of our cubs in your heart. Your support means the world to our little bears and to all of us. We couldn't do our work without YOU!

Please help us welcome ABR 425 Crockett Bear. He will be in Hartley House Room 1 for tonight and we will evaluate the best plan tomorrow morning.
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/2024-bear-necessities-campaign/

11/15/2024

What happens when you work with a bunch of VOL fans and you went to UGA? You love UTCVM, of course, but refuse to wear orange on Friday before that game.

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Each year, Good Samaritans bring close to 1,000 injured, orphaned, and sometimes "kidnapped" wildlife to our UT Veterinary Medical Center. We treat those that can be treated, send them to rehabilitators, and don't charge the folks who bring them in. Please consider donating to our Wild Animal Medicine Gift Fund during today's Big Orange Give. Gifts will be matched dollar for dollar up to $100 until $28,850 has been matched. #BigOrangeGive https://bigorangegive.utk.edu/vet-med

Big Orange Give

Keith Carver, UTIA Senior Leader shares information about the veterinary college’s Big Orange Give and how your donations can be doubled today, Nov 13! #BigOrangeGive #VeterinaryMedicine

Big Orange Give and Baby Seven

Your support changes lives! During Big Orange Give, UT's day of giving, your donations (up to $100 until our matching funds are exhausted) are doubled thanks to the college's Board of Advisors. You can choose any of our college funds, including the Equine Rehabilitation Research Fund--a fund that allows our specialists to expand knowledge within the veterinary profession so we can better help foals like Baby Seven. #BigOrangeGive https://bigorangegive.utk.edu/vet-med

Let’s go VOLS! In our Big Orange Friday - Vol Vet Spirit Competition our Faculty & Staff Team took home the spirit stick!

Did you know veterinary technicians can specialize in emergency & critical care, internal medicine (cardiology, neurology, oncology), anesthesia & analgesia, zoo medicine, behavior, equine, physical rehabilitation, and more?

The Rock — The original social media platform on campus. And also—our veterinary technicians rock! Happy National Veterinary Technician week! @navta_official

So grateful for this VOLunteer community! The Tennessee Department of Agriculture asked the College of Veterinary Medicine to collect animal-related supplies for those in need in the wake of Hurricane Helene and you are answering the call! The list of items needed is available at https://tiny.utk.edu/VetMedHurricaneRelief Many thanks to Jamback Farms for all the hay! UT students volunteering through Jones Center for Leadership and Service, University of Tennessee because they know it takes a VOL! University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture

So grateful for this VOLunteer community! The @tnagriculture asked the College of Veterinary Medicine to collect animal-related supplies for those in need in the wake of Hurricane Helene and you are answering the call! The list of items needed is available at https://tiny.utk.edu/VetMedHurricaneRelief. Many thanks to @jambackfarms for all hay! @utknoxville students volunteering through @leadserveutk because they know it takes a VOL! @utiag