News and Announcements
(NY) Bovine Viral Diarrhea PCR positive in a dairy calf.
Two dairy calves destined for the local county fair were tested for BVD at the AHDC. The veterinarian submitted EDTA whole...
(NY) An adult Hereford cow was found dead in pasture, and tested positive for Rabies virus. The cow had lost weight over the past week, and had foam coming from the mouth when it was found dead...
If you are re-using boxes from your clinic to ship specimens to us using our label program, UPS is requiring that the AHDC notify all clients of the potential shipping violations below...
Qualitative screening to identify reserpine and fluphenazine is now included in the routine Pre-Purchase Drug Screen.
Quantitation for reserpine and fluphenazine is...
The AHDC uses the ELISA test as the default test for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). This decision was based on user demand and faster test turnaround time.
The AHDC will only...
(NC) Canine Influenza (CIV) has been detected by PCR in a nasal swab sample submitted on April 25, 2019 to our laboratory from a single North Carolina dog. The positive detection was...
(NY) Listeriosis was diagnosed in an adult ewe. The ewe, found down, had a temperature of 104.7° F, was minimally responsive and blind. She died shortly after examination. Feed was round bales...
(Non-NY) Herpesvirus 1 abortion: A 14-year-old Quarter horse mare developed a precocious udder and aborted two days later. She was 9 months pregnant at the time. The mare had been...
(AL) Mycoplasma felis and Equine influenza were detected from a nasal swab in a three year old QH mare submitted for testing using the AHDC Equine Respiratory PCR Panel (ERPLN). The...
An 18-month-old horse was found dead and was submitted for necropsy to the Animal Health Diagnostic Center. The horse was seen by an attending veterinarian a few days earlier when it was weak with a history of extreme weight loss over six weeks.
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