PCR Assays developed at WVDL help identify cause of death of bison
Diagnostic Pathologist and Supervisor, Barron Lab
DVM, Michigan State Univ., 1978
The cause of death of a bison at the Irvine Park Zoo in Chippewa Falls was recently solved by Dr. Jones by using one of the diagnostic PCR assays developed at WVDL. Blood from the bison tested positive for malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) an uncommon but deadly disease in bison. Read more about the incident here:
