The Coagulation Laboratory now offers testing to monitor Apixaban (Eliquis) a new oral-acting anticoagulant drug. Key points for submission:

Test code = APBN Sample required = at...

On January 1, 2020, Dr. Diego Diel assumed the position of Director of the Virology Laboratory at the AHDC. Dr. Diel succeeds Dr. Ed Dubovi who has directed the laboratory with great distinction...

USDA/APHIS Veterinary Services has released a new guidance document, VS Guidance 15201.1-Approval of Laboratories to Conduct Tests for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), for laboratories conducting...

The AHDC is now offering a PCR test for Theileria orientalis, an emerging pathogen in cattle in the US. The preferred samples are 2 ml of EDTA whole blood in a purple top tube, or spleen. Liver...

The AHDC now offers an Avian Respiratory Panel, which includes PCR assays to detect avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), avian influenza virus (AIV), avian paramyxovirus 1 (APMV-1), and...

The map below represents updates from the Canine Influenza Virus Surveillance Network.

December, 2019: Four CIV positive cases detected in New Jersey. October, 2019: A CIV positive...

(NY) Acetaminophen toxicosis in a cat. An 8-year-old male neutered domestic shorthair cat presented to an emergency veterinary hospital for vomiting and lethargy. On examination, the cat was panting...

(NY) 1,708 weaned 4-month-old crossbred lambs averaging 115 lbs. were purchased from one farm in Colorado and transported to a New York sheep farm in September 2019. The lambs were shorn in late...

Francis L. Welcome
1948-2020

Francis L. Welcome passed away peacefully on January 9, 2020 in Ithaca, NY after a brief illness.

Frank was born in Lowell, MA on April 6, 1948 to...

Beginning January 13, we will no longer offer testing of two Leptospira serovars, Autumnalis and Bratislava. These tests will still be available through the National Veterinary Services Laboratory...