NEW UPDATE: Swine Oral Fluid Testing The WVDL is no longer performing Swine Oral Fluid Testing as of 7/17/2020. Due to a low number of samples received since testing began at WVDL and high cost …
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Barbiturate Residue Program for Rendering
Barbiturate Residue Program for Rendering Zero Tolerance Policy to be Implemented The WVDL contracts with an independent rendering company, which provides a service to the animal and meat industries of collecting and processing fallen livestock …
EIA (Coggins) Testing Improvements at WVDL
Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIA/Coggins) Testing Improvements at WVDL WVDL has adjusted pricing and removed out of state fees for EIA testing, which is performed at our Barron Laboratory. There are no accession fees on …
Operations update and guidelines for SARS-CoV-2 testing at WVDL April 15th, 2020
Operations update and guidelines for SARS-CoV-2 testing at WVDL April 15th, 2020 WVDL remains open and operating at near-normal status at this time. Please contact us with questions about testing and necropsy diagnostic testing. WVDL …
Pathologically Speaking! – Check out WVDL’s new Podcast
Looking for something fun to listen to while engaging those neuron synapses of continual learning? Search no further! Add “Pathologically Speaking” to your podcast library to fulfill that appetite to learn more on an array …
Educating Your Equine Clients About Feed Quality
Educating Your Equine Clients About Feed Quality A Review of Cantharidin Toxicosis By Lorelei Clarke, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Assistant Clinical Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Ryan Breuer, DVM, Clinical Assistant Professor, …
Effective immediately, the WVDL will no longer be able to offer rendering as a disposal method for horses, regardless of euthanasia method.
Effective immediately, the WVDL will no longer be able to offer rendering as a disposal method for horses, regardless of euthanasia method. The company with which WVDL contracts for rendering services informed us on August …
First Wisconsin Case of EIA Confirmed in Taylor County Horse
Wisconsin Horse Tests Positive for EIA Wisconsin’s first cases of EIA in 15 years have been confirmed by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). This notice follows the news earlier this …
First confirmed case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) for 2019
First confirmed case of EEE for 2019 The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed the first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a horse on July 31, 2019. The 22-year-old quarter horse mare from Barron …
WVDL Collaboration Leads to Additional Findings on Heidelberg
WVDL Collaborates with Others to Publish ‘Genome Divergence and Increase Virulence of Outbreak Associated Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Heidelberg’ in Gut Pathogens The WVDL continues to see multi-drug resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica …