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Alerts

  • Updates on testing cattle and cats for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
  • Due to a reagent shortage, total bilirubin will be temporarily unavailable on the small animal, large animal, and donkey chemistry panels (SAP, LAP, DNKYP).
  • The Comparative Coagulation Laboratory will be closed 6/30. Samples received this day will be accepted and properly stored but results will be delayed. VWF: Ag testing normally scheduled for this day will be moved to 7/1.

Equine Coronavirus

(NY; Clinton county) Equine coronavirus infection was confirmed by PCR on fecal samples of 2 out of 3 horses submitted from an outbreak in which several horses presented with fevers and signs of mild colic for multiple days. Additional PCR testing for respiratory pathogens, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia risticii were all negative. There was one recent introduction of a new horse into the stable, as well as the return to the stable of one horse from temporary stabling elsewhere.