Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

• Provide comprehensive and cutting edge diagnostic services
• Deliver accessible, timely, accurate, valid and consistent test results
• Provide educational opportunities to professional and graduate students, scientists, diagnosticians and practitioners

Topics of Interest

• Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED): Diagnostic Testing - May 17, 2013

• PED Fact Sheet - May 17, 2103

• Diagnostic Testing for Orthobunyaviruses in Ruminants - Nov 2012
• 2012 Swine Disease for Practitioners Conference - Nov 8 - Nov 9
• Epizootic hemorrhagic disease in deer and cattle - Sept 2012
• "Brachyspira hampsonii" and Diagnosis of Swine Dysentery - Sept 2012
• Mycotoxin Brochure - Aug 2012
• Mycotoxin Submission Form
• Nitrate Toxicity (pdf file IBC 50) - July 2012

• Nitrate Testing at ISU VDL (Video) - July 2012

• Blue-green Algae a Concern for Livestock - July 2012

      ►B. canis ME tube test

         •     ISU VDL is not conducting Brucella canis ME tube test at this time - 
                        kits are on indefinite backorder
         •     Send samples to NVSL for testing
         •     1-week suggested turnaround time 

• Tritrichomonas foetus

• Best Practice: Export Testing Guidelines - August 2011

         SEE MORE TOPICS OF INTEREST . . .

University Holidays - VDL will be closed on:

• Monday May 27, 2013
• Thursday July 4, 2013

After-hours emergency service is available on weeknights, weekends, and during University holidays by calling our on-call student at 515-290-1969 who can assist and also provide access to diagnostic pathologists and toxicologists.