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Micro revolution: a radical new way to diagnose disease

Speed matters when lives are on the line and helping them requires knowing what's wrong. That's why Cornell's Animal Health Diagnostic...

New: Felines added to the Ovarian Remnant Panel – AMH plus progesterone

Two tests are better than one, and therefore we’ve combined our anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and progesterone tests into...

The Serology/Immunology laboratory at the AHDC offers an assay for the detection of antibodies to B. burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. The Lyme multiplex assay is available for...

The Clinical Pathology Laboratory in the AHDC is now offering Serum Amyloid A (SAA) testing. SAA is an acute phase reactant that is a sensitive and specific marker of inflammation in horses (a...

Bovine Virus Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) Antigen Capture ELISA (BVDACE)

When testing serum on the BVDACE test, the animal MUST be at least 61 days old. If no animal age is given on the submission form...

Duck Viral Enteritis (Duck Plague) confirmed in approximately 15 dead ducks in Onondaga County, New York since 4/27/18. DVE affects waterfowl species - ducks, geese, and swans. It is not a human...

Contact Regulatory Affairs (607-253-4141) prior to semen collection as laboratory requires notification in advance to prepare cell cultures for testing.  If not shipped overnight, semen must be...

(Multistate) Beta coronavirus continues to be detected in equine fecal samples via PCR at the AHDC. The positive cases from January 1, 2018 through April 20, 2018 were examined to better...

(CT) Feline Influenza virus was confirmed by PCR testing (3/29/18) on a nasal swab from a cat sick with signs of respiratory illness and fever, and radiographic evidence of pneumonia. Additional...


Accurate patient histories provided with sample submissions are incredibly important to help the Bacteriology lab provide our clients with the best possible guidance toward diagnosis of disease...