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• Guides for Pet Owners
  • Canine Influenza: Answers for Pet Owners
  • Canine Mast Cell Tumors
  • Chronic Kidney Disease: Living with Your Pet and the Diagnosis
  • Equine Endocrinology: Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID)
  • An Owner’s Guide to Equine Metabolic Syndrome
  • Leptospirosis: What Every Dog Owner Should Know
  • Pets & Poison Control: Making Your Home Safer
  • Ticks & Tick-Borne Diseases: Information for Pet Owners & Clinicians
• Diagnostic News (Newsletter)
  • Summer 2022
  • Spring 2022
    • What You Should Know about Avian Influenza
    • MSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Shifts into Emergency Mode
    • In Case You Missed It
    • Fall 2021
      • New Advances in Genetic Testing: Dwarfism in Tibetan Terriers
      • New and Updated Nutrition and Toxicology Assays
      • New Fees Coming in 2022
      • Reminder: Testing for SARS-CoV-2
      • Find Us on Facebook
      • Summer 2021
        • Find Us on Facebook
        • A Note from the Director
        • Spring 2021
          • Assay Updates
          • Winter 2021
            • Ten Tips to Get the Most from Every Laboratory Submission
            • Fall 2020: Pet Cancer Awareness Month Special Issue
              • Solid Tissue Cytology – Hints to Avoid Poor Quality Samples
              • New MSU VDL Tests for Canine Cancer
              • MSU VDL Hires Interim Director
              • Upcoming Holiday Hours
              • Summer 2020
                • Tiny Arachnids with a Big Bite—Let’s Talk Ticks
                • Check the MSU VDL Website for These and Other Important Updates
                • Spring 2020
                  • Feed and Food Safety: An Eggcellent Finding
                  • What’s New in Nutrition and Toxicology?
                  • MSU VDL Half-Day Symposium at AVMA Convention 2020
                  • An Update on COVID-19
                  • Winter 2020
                    • Spotlight on Endocrinology at the MSU VDL
                    • The MSU VDL Adds a New Specialist in Clinical Pathology
                    • New Fees in Effect January 6, 2020
                    • MSU VDL Shipping Solutions
                    • Summer/Fall 2019
                      • The MSU VDL Lost a Friend, Colleague, and Advocate for Animal Health
                      • New Tests Added to Catalog
                      • New MSU VDL Website Launched
                      • Spring 2019
                        • Serological Responses to Canine Vaccination
                        • Detection of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) in Ear Tissue Samples
                        • Sample Submission for Cortisol
                        • Winter 2018
                          • Genetic Screening for Inherited Conditions
                          • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for Antiepileptic Drugs in Dogs and Cats
                          • New MSU VDL Website Coming Soon!
                          • Fall 2018
                            • Expanded Testing Options for Canine (Non-Food Animal) Leptospirosis
                            • Involvement in Key Federal Networks Helps the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Protect Animal Health Nationwide
                            • Summer 2018
                              • Vector-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus Threaten Horses and Other Mammals, Including Humans
                              • New Tests Added to the MSU VDL Catalog
                              • Changes Impacting Bacteriology and Endocrinology Tests
                              • Spring 2018
                                • EHV-1 and EHV-4: Their Roles in Equine Viral Respiratory Disease, Abortions, and Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM)
                                • Preventing Six Common Mistakes in Small Poultry Flocks
                                • Featured Articles from the Archives
                                  • Diagnosing Disorders of the Skin (Fall 2017)
                                  • DCPAH to Become the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Promoted to Level 1 Laboratory in the National Animal Health Network (Spring 2017)
                                  • Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases: Big Pathogens in Small Packages (Spring 2017)
                                  • A New Tool for Diagnosing Challenging Liver Cases: Premium Liver Biopsy Panel Added to Test Catalog (Summer 2016)
                                  • The Challenges of Ocular Disease Diagnostics (Spring 2015)
                                  • Frequently Asked Questions in Clinical Pathology (Fall 2010)
                                  • Garbage In, Garbage Out: Tips for Avoiding Pre-Analytic Sample Problems (Spring 2010)
                                  • Fluid Cytology Preparations (Fall 2008)
                                • State & Federal Disease Resources