Journal of
Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
Volume 20, Number 5 September 2008
Table of Contents
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 Mori, 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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Journal of
Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
Volume 20, Number 6 November 2008
Table of Contents
FULL SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Genotyping North American animal Mycobacterium bovis isolates utilizing multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis. Lorene R. Martinez, Beth Harris, William C. Black IV, Robert M. Meyer, Patrick J. Brennan, Varalakshmi D. Vissa, Robert L. Jones.
Routine phenotypic identification of bacterial species of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from animals. Florence Dousse, Andreas Thomann, Isabelle Brodard, Bozena M. Korczak, Yvonne Schlatter, Peter Kuhnert, Raymond Miserez, Joachim Frey.
Characterization of shedding patterns of Porcine circovirus types 2a and 2b in experimentally inoculated mature boars. Darin M. Madson, Sheela Ramamoorthy, Chris Kuster, Narinder Pal, Xiang-Jin Meng, Patrick G. Halbur, Tanja Opriessnig.
Diagnostic performance of assays for the detection of anti–Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus antibodies in serum and muscle transudate (“meat juice”) based on samples collected under experimental conditions. Ramon M. Molina, Wayne Chittick, Eric A. Nelson, Jane Christopher-Hennings, Raymond R.R. Rowland, Jeffrey J. Zimmerman.
Comparison of three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays to detect Porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2)–specific antibodies after vaccination or inoculation of pigs with distinct PCV-1 or PCV-2 isolates. Abby R. Patterson, John Johnson, Sheela Ramamoorthy, Xiang-Jin Meng, Patrick G. Halbur, Tanja Opriessnig.
Evidence for persistent Bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in a captive mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus). Danielle D. Nelson, Michael J. Dark, Daniel S. Bradway, Julia F. Ridpath, Neill Call, Julius Haruna, Fred R. Rurangirwa, James F. Evermann.
Experimental reproduction of tumbleweed shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa) poisoning in a domestic sheep model. Rebecca N. Dailey, Donald L. Montgomery, James T. Ingram, Roger Siemion, Merl F. Raisbeck.
Immunohistochemical characterization of mammary squamous cell carcinoma of the dog. Francesco Sassi, Giuseppe Sarli, Barbara Brunetti, Federico Morandi, Cinzia Benazzi.
Effect of anticoagulant and storage conditions on platelet size and clumping in healthy dogs. Mathios E. Mylonakis, Leonidas Leontides, Rania Farmaki, Polychronis Kostoulas, Alexander F. Koutinas, Mary Christopher.
BRIEF RESEARCH REPORTS
Detection of Helicobacter in gastric washing of cats. Paola Pregel, Ada Rota, Domenico Palmerini, Franco Guarda, Simonetta Appino.
Genetic diversity of Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1: Italian isolates clustered in at least seven subgenotypes. Monica Giammarioli, Claudia Pellegrini, Cristina Casciari, Elisabetta Rossi, Gian Mario De Mia.
Evaluation of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for routine screening of Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus antibodies in mice colonies. Juan M. Laborde, Cecilia Carbone, Santiago G. Corva, Cecilia M. Galosi.
Predictive values of aspartate aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyl transferase for the hepatic accumulation of copper in cattle and buffalo. Antonio H. H. Minervino, Raimundo A. Barrêto Júnior, Genilson F. Queiroz, Selwyn A. Headley, Enrico L. Ortolani.
Daily rhythm of serum lipase and α-amylase activity in fed and fasted dogs. Giuseppe Piccione, Claudia Giannetto, Francesco Fazio, Elisabetta Giudice.
Serum total sialic acid in pigs: new possibilities for an old inflammatory biomarker. Laura Soler, Silvia Martínez-Subiela, Fernando Tecles, Pablo Fuentes, Jose Joaquín Cerón.
CASE REPORTS
Immunohistochemical detection of Brucella melitensis antigens in cases of naturally occurring abortions in sheep. Fatma Ilhan, Zabit Yener.
Hepatic encephalopathy in two goat kids with common paternity. Gregory K. Wilkerson, Monali M. Bera, Timothy N. Holt, Robert J. Callan, Karamjeet Pandher.
Equid herpesvirus 2–associated oral and esophageal ulceration in a foal. Modest Vengust, John D. Baird, Tony van Dreumel, Cameron Ackerley, Dorothee Bienzle.
Fibropapilloma of the glans penis in a horse. David W. Gardiner, Jens P. Teifke, Brendan K. Podell, Debra A. Kamstock.
Herpesvirus-associated neurological disease in a donkey. Modest Vengust, Xin Wen, Dorothee Bienzle.
Presumed primary muscular lymphoma in a dog. Céline Thuilliez, Dorothée Watrelot-Virieux, Franck Chanut, Corinne Fournel-Fleury, Frédérique Ponce, Thierry Marchal.
Abortion in a horse following Neorickettsia risticii infection. Elizabeth A. Coffman, Mohamed Abd-Eldaim, Linden E. Craig.
Perforin expression in feline epitheliotropic cutaneous lymphoma. Michal Neta, Dinaz Naigamwalla, Dorothee Bienzle.
Immunohistochemical features of a feline spinal cord gemistocytic astrocytoma. Fabio Aloisio, Jonathan M. Levine, John F. Edwards.
A nonhealing ulcerative skin lesion associated with Trichinella nativa infection in a cat. Seppo Saari, Niina Airas, Anu Näreaho, Veikko Vihma, Karoliina Autio, Satu Sankari, Antti Sukura.
Malignant catarrhal fever in a captive American bison (Bison bison) in Italy. Marco Campolo, Maria Stella Lucente, Viviana Mari, Gabriella Elia, Antonella Tinelli, Pietro Laricchiuta, Maria Caramelli, Donatella Nava, Canio Buonavoglia, Nicola Decaro.
Mandibular and maxillary osteomyelitis and myositis in a captive herd of red kangaroos (Macropus rufus). Milagros D. Brookins, Sreekumari Rajeev, Timothy D. Thornhill, Kurt Kreinheder, Debra L. Miller.
Hypertrophic osteopathy associated with mycotic pneumonia in two juvenile elk (Cervus elaphus). Nicole M. Ferguson, Michel Lévy, José A. Ramos-Vara, Debra K. Baird, Ching Ching Wu.
An outbreak of acute aflatoxicosis on a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) farm in Argentina. María L. González Pereyra, Eulogio C. Q. Carvalho, Jorge L. Tissera, Kelly M. Keller, Carina E. Magnoli, Carlos A. R. Rosa, Ana M. Dalcero, Lilia R. Cavaglieri.
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Accepted manuscripts to be published in JVDI 21-1 (January 2009)