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...

(USA) On November 11, 2019 the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine received diagnostic samples from an intact breeding female Miniature Bull Terrier...

Hypoglycin A Toxicosis - Equine (NY) – An adult miniature horse mare from northern New York presented for dullness, choke and dysphagia with marked elevation in muscle enzymes, and was diagnosed...

Again this October, the Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC) observed an increase in the number of equine Anaplasma phagocytophilum positive PCR test results.  Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease...

We occasionally receive phone calls from veterinarians inquiring about testing options for dogs from households where recurrent Streptococcal pharyngitis (Strep throat) has been diagnosed in humans...