Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine

Serving Animal Agriculture Through:

• Teaching the preeminent program in Food Supply Veterinary Medicine
• Providing full-service, high-quality and professional diagnostic services
• Leading research initiatives in food animal infectious diseases, welfare, food safety and risk assessment
• Extension of knowledge to practitioners, producers and the public
• Integrating the best research evidence with quality clinical expertise and producer expectations to establish best practices in animal protein production

Topics of Interest
 

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

• PED Fact Sheet - March 17, 2103

• Diagnostic Testing for Orthobunyaviruses in Ruminants - Nov 2012
• 2012 Swine Disease for Practitioners Conference - Nov 8 - Nov 9
  
  ►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 

• Dr. James McKean receives NIAA award - April 2012
  [View references from AAVLD proceedings]
• Best Practice:  Export Testing Guidelines - August 2011
• Salmonella enteritidis
• Tritrichomonas foetus

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University Holidays

VDL and VDPAM 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.