News and Announcements
As of June 1, 2018, the AHDC will no longer offer the Brucella abortus Plate Agglutination test or the Brucella abortus Tube Agglutination test. Due to a regulation change of select...
Recently, the AHDC has received ear notch specimens for BVDV antigen capture ELISA (ACE) testing that produced a yellow color in the extraction buffer. The color of the substrate used...
(NC) Potomac Horse Fever was presumptively diagnosed by a positive serum titer of 6400 by indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA). The sample was collected from a clinical animal on 4/30/2018 and...
(NY) Vitamin E/Se deficiency. Two adult dromedary camels died over the course of 3 weeks. The first one died without any prior clinical illness noted and a necropsy was not performed. The second...
(NY) Canine Influenza (CIV; H3N2) has been detected by multiple laboratories in respiratory samples from dogs in the New York City area. Most cases are in Brooklyn with at least one confirmed...
A manufacturer-dictated change in assay procedure has required us to change our reference intervals for ALT and AST in all relevant species. The change in procedure has resulted in lower values...
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...
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...
In recent years a high number of new viral species have been identified using various molecular techniques that do not depend on the in vitro culture of the agents. A high per cent age...
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...
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