The Virology Laboratory of the Animal Health Diagnostic Center provides a comprehensive portfolio of tests as well as consulting services in the area of veterinary virology. Diagnostic tests offered include assays to detect viral infections or host responses to infection through the use of tests that isolate and detect viruses in cell culture, that detect viral antigens or nucleic acid (RNA and DNA), and that detect and quantify antibody responses to infection and/or vaccination. Consultative services involve test interpretation, testing strategies, sample selection as well as infection control strategies. These services are available to private practitioners, other testing laboratories, agribusinesses, and researchers in university and government settings.

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Services

Services provided by the Virology Section include:

• Antibody detection by various methods including complement fixation, agar-gel immunodiffusion, particle agglutination, hemagglutination inhibition, ELISA, virus neutralization, and indirect immunofluorescence.

• Viral antigen detection tests include immunofluorescence antibody detection on fresh tissue, immunohistochemistry on formalin-fixed tissues and antigen-capture ELISA tests.

• Viral nucleic acid detection by PCR and next generation sequencing.

• Virus isolation testing.

• Custom testing services on biological products including Title 9 Code of Federal Regulations testing.

People

Please direct all virology testing queries to ahdc_virology_mgmt@cornell.edu.

Research

Research and development is part of the mission of the AHDC at Cornell. The Virology Section is available to collaborate with you to develop new or improve existing test methods and reagents, investigate specific problems or provide customized testing to meet your needs.

For further information or to discuss your needs, please contact Dr. Diego Diel. We look forward to working with you.