The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory provides diagnostic medical testing for infectious agents, toxins, and other causes of disease in animal diagnostic samples submitted by veterinary practitioners serving animal owners, public officials associated with public health, law or wildlife management, and scientists with collaborative research projects.
The laboratory also provides collaborative research support on the Urbana and Chicago campuses of the University of Illinois and has a significant role in the training of veterinary and graduate students. It is home to the Zoological Pathology Program, located in the Chicago area, which provides service, training, and research for zoo and wildlife organizations and agencies.
The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory faculty and staff are composed of discipline specialists, including: pathologists, clinical pathologists, histotechnologists, microbiologists, virologists, immunologists, parasitologists, and serologists. Many also have one or more particular species and/or organ specialties to offer a well rounded approach to diagnostic medicine with considerable depth. Frequent in-laboratory consulting on cases occurs in providing the best possible diagnostic service.
The laboratory is fully accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. Each and every employee contributes to this status by following established guidelines and performing their duties to the highest standard daily. The laboratory is also a member of the The National Animal Health Laboratory Network.
We also have a satellite clinical pathology laboratory available to all veterinarians in Buffalo Grove, Ill., located within Veterinary Specialty Center. It delivers the same excellent service and expertise delivered as the Urbana laboratory’s clinical pathology unit.
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Recently we have tested many samples for canine influenza virus from the Bloomington/Normal area with many of them testing positive. A small number of samples have been forwarded for subtyping and they have come back H3N2. Below is information regarding sample submission and testing guidelines. As always if you have any questions please feel free...
Indiana Public Media (Jan. 14) – Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified coyotes as the origin of an outbreak of canine distemper that killed eight big cats at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center, a sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals. http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/deadly-outbreak-exotic-feline-rescue-center-92306/
MALDI-TOF, a.k.a. Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Biotyper® (Bruker Daltronics, Inc.), enables the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to identify as many as 95 bacteria, yeast, or fungi within 90 minutes from isolated colonies. The current Biotyper® database includes over 5,000 organisms and is updated frequently to include new taxa. The significance...