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Non-Traditional Species Club

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Illinois Student Chapter

The Non-Traditional Species Club (NTS) at The University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine, provides opportunities to gain professional knowledge about the veterinary care of exotic animals not traditionally covered in the curriculum. NTS is composed of student chapters of the following national organizations:

AAV - Association of Avian Veterinarians
AAZV - American Association of Zoo V

eterinarians
ARAV - Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians
AEMV - Association of Exotic Mammal Vets
Aquatics

12/27/2025

NTS would like to cordially invite you to our annual Wild Minds Veterinary Symposium hosted on the Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine campus on January 31 - February 1st, featuring veterinarians from zoomed faculty, , , , and more!

Previously called Wildlife University, this conference is dedicated to inspiring and educating those interested in zoological/wildlife medicine, research, and conservation. The symposium is open to all students and pre-professionals, and will be held in-person with a virtual option.

Visit our conference website in our bio or the QR code pictured to find the registration link, events schedule, and more. Don’t miss the early bird registration deadline!

03/23/2023

Our girl Caduceus has moved on to bigger and better things!🐍🤍

We are so excited to announce that Caduceus has become an ambassador for our school’s Wildlife Medical Clinic. Our ambassadors are used for outreach programs to teach the local community about wildlife.

She is such a friendly girl and we know that she will thrive in this role. Although we will miss Cadu, she’ll be living every snake’s dream life🌟

To learn more, check out this link below:

https://vetmed.illinois.edu/hospital/wildlife-medical-clinic/wmc-blog/introducing-caduceus/?fbclid=IwAR2BOU2Ip4ck6TbK1SM9Bq7IQanh8lb3vr0VZZ_RkDBWGzIaDcP6f_k0cas&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

*Caduceus is pictured here with our treasurer Qian-Qian. Posted with permission*

03/03/2023

Happy world wildlife day from the NTS board!!

Pictured here are our favorite wild species. Let’s celebrate wildlife today and everyday!🦭🐍🐅🦒🦑🦛🦈🐢🐊🦬🦏

02/23/2023

Happy national wildlife day!🦁🐸🦇🐺🦊🦅🦉🐍🦎🐝🦈🦭🦏🐆

As one can guess, NTS loves our wild animals! Tell us about your favorite wild critter in the comments below!

01/21/2023

What’s the date today? It’s squirrel appreciation day!!

We bet you didn’t know that was an actual holiday.

Even the smallest critters deserve some recognition!

10/15/2022

GET EXCITED!!! Wildlife U kicks off in ONE WEEK!! 🎉

Still haven’t registered? No worries! Register up until the day of with the link in our bio😄

10/10/2022

Get excited… WILDLIFE U BEGINS IN LESS THAN 2 weeks!!! 🎉🎉🎉

As a reminder, registration is open until the morning of Wildlife U (October 22nd)!! 🐸🦅🦆🦇🐢🐍🐆🐘🦒🦧

Register with the link in our bio and make sure to tell all your wildlife loving friends!!

09/29/2022

Get excited!! Wildlife U begins in 23 DAYS!!🎉

To get everyone excited, we’re introducing another one of our fantastic speakers.. Dr. Will Sander, DVM, MPH, DACVPM!

Dr. Sander is known as Dr. He Sander here at UIUC, since his wife is also a veterinarian on campus.

Dr. Sander will be speaking to us about antimicrobial resistance 🧪 🧬🦠🧫

As a reminder, early bird pricing will end on OCTOBER 1st! So make sure to register today😁

We can’t wait to see you all virtually!!

09/21/2022

Only 32 days until Wildlife University kicks off! 🎉

Early bird pricing ends on OCTOBER 1st!! Make sure to register with the link in our bio😉

We can’t wait to meet you all virtually!😁

09/09/2022

Let’s give it up for another fantastic board member.. Carly Clark! (She/Her)

Carly is a member of the class of 2024 originally from White Lake, MI. She serves as our American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Chair and on Wildlife U’s speaker committee!🐸🦉🦁🦓🦒

After vet school, Carly hopes to become an ACZM diplomate performing clinical medicine and working towards wildlife health and conservation goals in a zoological setting.🦏🦍🐊🐅

A fun fact about Carly: She did division 1 gymnastics in college! gymnastics🤸‍♀️

Make sure to give Carly a shoutout in the comments!

09/07/2022

Only 45 days till Wildlife University!!! Here’s another glimpse at some of the exciting lecture topics we have planned!😁

Join us and hear from Dr. Trenholme, DVM, MS, DACVECC, DACVAA and her experiences with big cat anesthesia🐆🐅🐯🦁

You won’t want to miss it!

Link to register is in our bio😉

08/31/2022

Get excited!! We have lots of sneak peeks of Wildlife U coming soon🦁

One of the speakers joining us during Wildlife U is Dr. Alfred Roca.

Dr. Roca received his PhD from Harvard University. His research consists of wildlife conservation and population genetics/genomics🧬

During Wildlife U, Dr. Roca will be speaking on genetics and conservation of Africa’s elephants!🐘

Make sure to register for Wildlife University. Link is in our bio!

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https://publish.illinois.edu/non-traditionalspeciesclub/

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