Observations on Recurrent Ophthalmia at the Veterinary Bacteriological Laboratory, B.E.F., Italy, and at the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Aldershot

Veterinary research at the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, with special reference to scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

A Veterinary Laboratory Service was commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom in 1894 and the Service commenced veterinary research in 1905. The Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) was opened in 1917 and has become known world-wide under the name 'Weybridge'. In 1922, a network of Veterinary Investigation Centres was established in England and Wales a...

Syndromic Surveillance at the New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Introduction The New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (NYSVDL) receives more than 100,000 diagnostic submissions a year that are not currently used in any formal syndromic surveillance system. In 2009, a pilot study of syndrome classification schemes was undertaken and in 2011 a new general submission form was adopted, which includes a check list of syndromes, as part of the clinical...

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Frequently Asked Canine and Feline Adrenal and Thyroid Questions at the Atlantic Veterinary College Endocrinology Laboratory

The ACTH stimulation test will identify ~50-60 % of dogs with adrenal cortical tumors and ~85 % of dogs with pituitary dependent hyperadrenocorticism (PDH). Therefore, it is a good screening test if positive, but a negative result does not rule out hyperadrenocorticism. Of the screening tests for hyperadrenocorticism in dogs, the ACTH stimulation test had the highest specificity and thus the fe...

Veterinary laboratory testing: a viable alternative?

On the surface, the veterinary clinical-laboratory industry looks very much like that of its human counterpart. Two giant national corporations with regional laboratories strategically located across the United States control the lion’s share of the market. Yet, smaller regional laboratories and a host of local laboratory providers still successfully compete for their smaller share of business....