Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

 

Volume 20, Number 4 July 2008

 

Table of Contents

 

 

REVIEW ARTICLES

 

Suggested guidelines for immunohistochemical techniques in veterinary diagnostic laboratories. José A. Ramos-Vara, Matti Kiupel, Timothy Baszler, Laura Bliven, Bruce Brodersen, Brian Chelack, Stefanie Czub, Fabio Del Piero, Sharon Dial, E.J. Ehrhart, Tanya Graham, Lisa Manning, Daniel Paulsen, Victor E. Valli, Keith West.

 

 

FULL SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

 

Detection of a broad range of class I and II Newcastle disease viruses using a multiplex real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay. L. Mia Kim, David L. Suarez, Claudio L. Afonso.

Comparison of three serological assays to determine the cross-reactivity of antibodies from eight genetically diverse United States swine influenza viruses. Brad Leuwerke, Pravina Kitikoon, Richard Evans, Eileen Thacker.

Variation in the VP1 gene of Foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A associated with epidemiological characteristics of outbreaks in the 2001 epizootic in Argentina. Andres M. Perez, Guido König, Ernesto Späth, Mark C. Thurmond.

Development of real-time polymerase chain reaction assays for rapid detection and differentiation of wild-type pseudorabies and gene-deleted vaccine viruses. Wenjun Ma, Kelly M. Lager, Juergen A. Richt, William C. Stoffregen, Fanghong Zhou, Kyoungjin J. Yoon.

Rapid detection and differentiation of wild type and three attenuated lapinized vaccine strains of Classical swine fever virus by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Chu-Hsiang Pan, Ming-Hwa Jong, Yu-Liang Huang, Tien-Shine Huang, Parn-Hwa Chao, Shiow-Suey Lai.

Lack of correlation between antibody titers to fibrinogen-binding protein of Streptococcus equi and persistent carriers of strangles. Ann Davidson, Josie L. Traub-Dargatz, Roberta Magnuson, Ashley Hill, Vivienne Irwin, Richard Newton, Andrew Waller, Kenneth Smith, Robert J. Callan, Mary Meehan, Peter Owen, Mo Salman.

Development of a novel biochip for rapid multiplex detection of seven mastitis-causing pathogens in bovine milk samples. Kuo-Hua Lee, Jai-Wei Lee, Shih-Wen Wang, Lu-Yuan Liu, Mei-Fen Lee, Shih-Te Chuang, Yih-Min Shy, Chu-Li Chang, Ming-Che Wu, Chau-Hwa Chi.

Interaction of ionophore and vitamin E in knockdown syndrome of turkeys. Rocio Crespo, H.L. Shivaprasad, Franz Sommer, Birgit Puschner.

Pathology and toxicology findings for search-and-rescue dogs deployed to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack sites: initial five-year surveillance. Scott D. Fitzgerald, Wilson K. Rumbeiha, W. Emmett Braselton, Amanda B. Downend, Cynthia M. Otto.

 

 

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS

 

Detection of persistent Cytauxzoon felis infection by polymerase chain reaction in three asymptomatic domestic cats. Holly M. Brown, Kenneth S. Latimer, Laura E. Erikson, Marsha E. Cashwell, James O. Britt, David S. Peterson.

Canine parvovirus 2c infection in central Portugal. Maria Joăo Vieira, Eliane Silva, Joăo Oliveira, Ana Luísa Vieira, Nicola Decaro, Costantina Desario, Alexandra Muller, Júlio Carvalheira, Canio Buonavoglia, Gertrude Thompson.

Development of multiplex polymerase chain reaction assays for detecting enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and their application to field isolates from piglets with diarrhea. Su In Lee, Sang Gyun Kang, Mi Lan Kang, Han Sang Yoo.

Antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Dublin from dairy source calves in the central San Joaquin Valley, California during the years 1998–2002. Anna Catharina B. Berge, Elizabeth Thornburg, John M. Adaska, Robert B. Moeller, Patricia C. Blanchard.

Mycobacterium fortuitum infection interference with Mycobacterium bovis diagnostics: natural infection cases and a pilot experimental infection. Anita L. Michel.

A collaborative Canadian–United Kingdom evaluation of an immunohistochemistry protocol to diagnose bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Lisa Manning, Katherine I. O’Rourke, Donald P. Knowles, Sarah A. Marsh, Yvonne I. Spencer, Estella Moffat, Gerald A.H. Wells, Stefanie Czub.

Tularemia in range sheep: an overlooked syndrome? Donal O'Toole, Elizabeth S. Williams, Leslie W. Woods, Kenneth Mills, Amy Boerger-Fields, Donald L. Montgomery, Paula Jaeger, William H. Edwards, Dwayne Christensen, William Marlatt.

Equine giant cell tumor of soft parts: a series of 21 cases (2000–2007). Jamie M. Bush, Barbara E. Powers.

Cholangiectasis and duodenal diverticulosis in a farm-raised elk (Cervus elaphus). Michael A. Owston, William G. Van Alstine, Laurent L. Couetil, Marybeth Miskovic.

Renal mucus gland cystadenomas in a horse. Alan T. Loynachan, Uneeda K. Bryant, Neil M. Williams.

Western-blot detection of PrPSc in archived paraffin-embedded brainstem from scrapie-affected sheep. Robert A. Kunkle, Eric M. Nicholson, Semakaleng Lebepe-Mazur, Dennis L. Orcutt, Megan L. Srinivas, Justin J. Greenlee, David P. Alt, Amir N. Hamir.

Acalculous and clostridial cholecystitis in a pig. Matthew F. Starost, Tanya H. Burkholder.

 

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Position announcements

 

In the next issue: Accepted manuscripts to be published in JVDI 20-5 (September 2008)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

 

Volume 20, Number 5 September 2008

 

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From the Editor-in-Chief

 

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, Kathleen P. Freeman.

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, Donald Tremblay.

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, Linda M. Pote.

A chromatographic strip test for rapid detection of one lineage of the H5 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Shangjin Cui, Guangzhi Tong.

Pathologic findings in equine muscle (excluding polysaccharide storage): a necropsy study. Beth A. Valentine.

Acute phase protein responses in goats. Félix H. D. González, Fernando Tecles, Silvia Martínez-Subiela, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Laura Soler Vasco, José J. Cerón.

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, Jung-Hyang Sur.

Evaluation of three methods for measurement of hemoglobin and calculated hemoglobin variables with the ADVIA 120® and ADVIA 2120® systems in goats. Natali Bauer, Andreas Moritz.

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, Erhan Gokce.

 

 

BRIEF RESEARCH REPORTS

 

Duplex real-time PCR 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, Canio Buonavoglia.

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, David E. Stallknecht.

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, Nicola Pusterla.

Comparison of five culture methods for Salmonella isolation from swine fecal samples of known infection status. Brenda C. Love, Marcos H. Rostagno.

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, Trevor R. Ames.

Canine procalcitonin mRNA expression. Sharon Kuzi, Itamar Aroch, Keren Peleg, Ohad Karnieli, Eyal Klement, Gillian Dank.

Diagnostic significance of serum glycated albumin in diabetic dogs. Toshinori Sako, Akihiro Mori1, Peter Lee, Tomoya Takahashi, Takehito Izawa, Sino Karasawa, Miho Furuuchi, Daigo Azakami, Mina Mizukoshi, Hisashi Mizutani, Yoshio Kiyosawa, Toshiro Arai.

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, Jody L. Gookin.

Evaluation of two avian influenza type A rapid antigen tests under Indonesian field conditions. Leo Loth, Walujo Budi Prijono, Hendra Wibawa, Tri Bhakti Usman.

Homocysteine measurement by an enzymatic method and potential role of homocysteine as a biomarker in dogs. Silvia Rossi, Gabriele Rossi, Alessia Giordano, Saverio Paltrinieri.

 

 

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, Michael W. Miller.

Occipitoatlantoaxial malformation in an adult goat. Juan I. Seva, Serafin Gómez, Francisco J. Pallarés, Pedro Sánchez, Antonio Bernabé.

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, Gregory B. Daniel.

Bronchopneumonia associated with extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) in a horse. Chitrita DebRoy, Elisabeth Roberts, Bhushan M. Jayarao, Jason W. Brooks.

Lipid-rich pleural mesothelioma in a dog. Arlen Avakian, Joseph Alroy, Elizabeth Rozanski, John Keating, Andrew Rosenberg.

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, Sharon Gard.

Pathologic lesions of mycotic pneumonia in an alpaca following third compartment ulceration. Katherine Hughes, Karin Mueller.

Bilateral peri-renal hemorrhage in two Stone’s sheep (Ovis dalli stonei): a possible manifestation of malignant catarrhal fever. Chelsea G. Himsworth, N. Jane Harms, Gary Wobeser, Janet Hill.

A case of coccygeal chondroid chordoma in a cat: morphological and immunohistochemical features. Antonio Carminato, Wendy Marchioro, Erica Melchiotti, Marta Vascellari, Franco Mutinelli.

Mixed urolith (struvite and calcium oxalate) in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo). Javier Del Angel-Caraza, Orlando F. Chávez-Moreno, Sergio García-Navarro, Carlos C. Pérez-García.

Fat embolism secondary to yellow fat disease in an Appaloosa horse. Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet, A. Espinosa de los Monteros, P. Herraez, F. Rodríguez, M. Andrada, M. J. Caballero.

Isolation of Arcanobacterium hippocoleae from a case of placentitis and stillbirth in a mare. David A. Bemis, Mary Jean Bryant, Stephen A. Kania, Shelley J. Newman.

Idiopathic arterial medial calcification of the thoracic arteries in an adult horse. Amanda Fales-Williams, Beatrice Sponseller, Heather Flaherty.

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, Michael D. Samuel.

 

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In the next issue: Accepted manuscripts to be published in JVDI 20-6 (November 2008)