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We would like to inform you that the Johne’s Disease Liquid Culture test for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is temporarily unavailable at WVDL due to a backorder of the required culture media. Based on …

We would like to inform you that the Johne’s Disease Liquid Culture: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) test is temporarily unavailable at WVDL due to a backorder of the required culture media. Based on current …

The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) is monitoring developments related to New World screwworm and associated guidance from state and federal animal health authorities: USDA APHIS – https://www.aphis.usda.gov (Search: “New World Screwworm” for current alerts, surveillance, and response …

The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory will be discontinuing Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) Complement Fixation (CF) testing effective September 1, 2026. This change follows updated export requirements from Argentina, which no longer require QF CF testing. …

Beginning March 1, 2025, the submitting veterinarian will simply select the cremation company of choice on the WVDL Necropsy Submission Form. The chosen pet cremation service company will directly contact the pet parents to guide them …

Effective January 1, 2025, WVDL will charge an afterhours drop-off fee for all whole body necropsy that arrive outside of normal business hours (7:45AM – 4:30PM M-F). This afterhours fee will be based on weight …

Effective immediately, all domestic cats submitted to the WVDL for clinical neurologic disease diagnostic workup, including rabies testing only cases, will be screened for Avian Influenza Virus prior to rabies testing being performed.  Cases having …