Editorial:

Note from the Editor-In-Chief

J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 535. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Full Scientific Reports:

Quality control validation, application of sigma metrics, and performance comparison between two biochemistry analyzers in a commercial veterinary laboratory

Alison J. Farr and Kathleen P. Freeman
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 536-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Development and use of a multiplex real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for detection and differentiation of Porcine circovirus-2 genotypes 2a and 2b in an epidemiological survey

Carl A. Gagnon, Jérome R.E. del Castillo, Nedzad Music, Guy Fontaine, Josée Harel, and Donald Tremblay
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 545-558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of the myxozoan parasite Henneguya ictaluri in channel catfish

Matt J. Griffin, David J. Wise, Alvin C. Camus, Michael J. Mauel, Terrence E. Greenway, and Linda M. Pote
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 559-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A chromatographic strip test for rapid detection of one lineage of the H5 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza

Shangjin Cui and Guangzhi Tong
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 567-571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pathologic findings in equine muscle (excluding polysaccharide storage): a necropsy study

Beth A. Valentine
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 572-579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute phase protein response in goats

Félix H.D. González, Fernando Tecles, Silvia Martínez-Subiela, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Laura Soler, and José J. Cerón
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 580-584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of T lymphocytes, interleukin-1, and interleukin-6 on renal fibrosis in canine end-stage renal disease

Ji-Young Yhee, Chi-Ho Yu, Jong-Hyuk Kim, and Jung-Hyang Sur
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 585-592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of three methods for measurement of hemoglobin and calculated hemoglobin variables with the ADVIA 120® and ADVIA 2120® systems in goats

Natali Bauer and Andreas Moritz
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 593-597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Determination of cardiac troponin I in the blood and heart of calves with foot-and-mouth disease

Recai Tunca, Mahmut Sozmen, Hidayet Erdogan, Mehmet Citil, Erdogan Uzlu, Hasan Ozen, and Erhan Gokçe
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 598-605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Research Reports:

Duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous detection and quantification of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale

Nicola Decaro, Grazia Carelli, Eleonora Lorusso, Maria Stella Lucente, Grazia Greco, Alessio Lorusso, Arianna Radogna, Luigi Ceci, and Canio Buonavoglia
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 606-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Analytical validation of a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test for Pan-American lineage H7 subtype Avian influenza viruses

Erica Spackman, Hon S. Ip, David L. Suarez, Richard D. Slemons, and David E. Stallknecht
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 612-616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of dried blood smears for detection of feline hemoplasmas using real-time polymerase chain reaction

Jane E. Sykes, Sean D. Owens, Jeralyn C. Terry, LeAnn L. Lindsay, and Nicola Pusterla
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 616-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of five culture methods for Salmonella isolation from swine fecal samples of known infection status

Brenda C. Love and Marcos H. Rostagno
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 620-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serological evaluation of precolostral serum samples to detect Bovine viral diarrhea virus infections in large commercial dairy herds

Jeremy Schefers, Claudia Munoz-Zanzi, James E. Collins, Sagar M. Goyal, and Trevor R. Ames
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 625-628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Canine procalcitonin messenger RNA expression

Sharon Kuzi, Itamar Aroch, Keren Peleg, Ohad Karnieli, Eyal Klement, and Gillian Dank
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 629-633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnostic significance of serum glycated albumin in diabetic dogs

Toshinori Sako, Akihiro Mori, Peter Lee, Tomoya Takahashi, Takehito Izawa, Sino Karasawa, Miho Furuuchi, Daigo Azakami, Mina Mizukoshi, Hisashi Mizutani, Yoshio Kiyosawa, and Toshiro Arai
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 634-638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of four DNA extraction methods for the detection of Tritrichomonas foetus in feline stool specimens by polymerase chain reaction

Stephen H. Stauffer, Adam J. Birkenheuer, Michael G. Levy, Henry Marr, and Jody L. Gookin
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 639-641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of two avian influenza type A rapid antigen tests under Indonesian field conditions

Leo Loth, Walujo Budi Prijono, Hendra Wibawa, and Tri Bhakti Usman
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 642-644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Homocysteine measurement by an enzymatic method and potential role of homocysteine as a biomarker in dogs

Silvia Rossi, Gabriele Rossi, Alessia Giordano, and Saverio Paltrinieri
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 644-649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Persistent Bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in wild cervids of Colorado

Colleen Duncan, Hana Van Campen, Sonia Soto, Ivy K. LeVan, Laurie A. Baeten, and Michael W. Miller
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 650-653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Occipitoatlantoaxial malformation in an adult goat

Juan I. Seva, Serafin Gómez, Francisco J. Pallarés, Pedro Sánchez, and Antonio Bernabé
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 654-656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diffuse intestinal T-cell lymphosarcoma in a yellow-naped Amazon parrot (Amazona ochrocephala auropalliata)

Marcy J. Souza, Shelley J. Newman, Cheryl B. Greenacre, James S. Avenell, Jonathan S. Wall, Jeffrey C. Phillips, Michael M. Fry, Robert L. Donnell, and Gregory B. Daniel
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 656-660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchopneumonia associated with extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in a horse

Chitrita DebRoy, Elisabeth Roberts, Bhushan M. Jayarao, and Jason W. Brooks
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 661-664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lipid-rich pleural mesothelioma in a dog

Arlen Avakian, Joseph Alroy, Elizabeth Rozanski, John Keating, and Andrew Rosenberg
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 665-667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulcerative enterocolitis in two goats associated with enterotoxin- and beta2 toxin–positive Clostridium perfringens type D

Francisco A. Uzal, Derek J. Fisher, Juliann Saputo, Sameera Sayeed, Bruce A. McClane, Glenn Songer, Hien T. Trinh, Mariano E. Fernandez Miyakawa, and Sharon Gard
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 668-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pathologic lesions of mycotic pneumonia in an alpaca following third compartment ulceration

Katherine Hughes and Karin Mueller
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 672-675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bilateral perirenal hemorrhage in two Stone's sheep (Ovis dalli stonei): a possible manifestation of malignant catarrhal fever

Chelsea G. Himsworth, N. Jane Harms, Gary Wobeser, and Janet Hill
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 676-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A case of coccygeal chondroid chordoma in a cat: morphological and immunohistochemical features

Antonio Carminato, Wendy Marchioro, Erica Melchiotti, Marta Vascellari, and Franco Mutinelli
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 679-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mixed urolith (struvite and calcium oxalate) in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

Javier Del Angel-Caraza, Orlando Chávez-Moreno, Sergio García-Navarro, and Carlos Pérez-García
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 682-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fat embolism secondary to yellow fat disease in an Appaloosa horse

Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet, Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, Pedro Herráez, Francisco Rodríguez, Marisa Andrada, and María José Caballero
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 684-687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isolation of Arcanobacterium hippocoleae from a case of placentitis and stillbirth in a mare

David A. Bemis, Mary Jean Bryant, Stephen A. Kania, and Shelley J. Newman
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 688-691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Idiopathic arterial medial calcification of the thoracic arteries in an adult horse

Amanda Fales-Williams, Beatrice Sponseller, and Heather Flaherty
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 692-697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chronic wasting disease in a Wisconsin white-tailed deer farm

Delwyn P. Keane, Daniel J. Barr, Philip N. Bochsler, S. Mark Hall, Thomas Gidlewski, Katherine I. O'Rourke, Terry R. Spraker, and Michael D. Samuel
J Vet Diagn Invest 2008 20: 698-703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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