Scientific Information

Wisconsin CIV PCR Positive Cases by County The PDFs below indicate which counties in Wisconsin had confirmed Canine Influenza Virus (CIV) cases in each of the first three months of 2016.  To date, only three counties in Wisconsin …

   The following article is a re-print of one posted earlier this week on the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) website.  The SVM’s Dr. Sandra Newbury and WVDL’s Dr. Kathy Toohey-Kurth have recently found a …

CANINE INFLUENZA CASES CONFIRMED IN WISCONSIN Wisconsin Dog owners should be aware that several canine influenza virus (CIV) cases have been confirmed in Wisconsin since the beginning of the year. This virus is very easily spread …

WVDL collaborates with DNR on unexplained elk deaths   The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is undertaking an effort to reintroduce elk to the central part of the state and to supplement the current …

Craig Radi and the WVDL are National Leaders in Transmission Electron Microscopy WVDL senior microbiologist Craig Radi started the only TEM proficiency program in the United States about seven years ago.  Now there are 18 …

State-of-the-art MALDI-TOF Technology at WVDL Identifies Emerging Bacterial Pathogens The Microbiology Section at WVDL has been using a MALDI-TOF machine to rapidly and accurately identify bacterial pathogens for several months now, starting in the spring …

  WVDL LEADING THE WAY IN CWD TESTING Did you know that the WVDL tests for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wild deer from Wisconsin and from five other states and farmed deer from 13 …

Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV-1) EHV-1 can cause respiratory disease, abortions and occasionally neurological disease in horses as well. There are strain variants, one of which is more strongly associated with neurologic disease (neuroparalytic strain); however …