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May 14th 2024
The new federal import requirements will be in effect on August 1, 2024
Update on canine heartworm infection in the western United States (Sponsored by Merial)
September 1st 2008No longer confined to the southeast portion of the United States, canine heartworm infection has spread across the nation-notably increasing its distribution and prevalence throughout the western states during the last two decades.
Grant will further study of STARI illness
August 25th 2008Houston -- The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School has been awarded a $150,000, two-year grant by the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to study a mysterious infection affecting Texas and other southern states.
PCR: A clinician's perspective (Proceedings)
April 1st 2008PCR-based diagnosis is ideally suited to detection of organisms that are not easily found on cytologic preparations, are slow-growing or difficult to cultivate, when a rapid diagnosis is required, when alternative methods are expensive or hazardous to laboratory staff, or when inhibitory substances such as antimicrobials may be present.