Thanksgiving Schedule Notice: Our lab will be closed Nov 27 (Thursday) and Nov 28 (Friday). Please don’t send samples expected to arrive on Nov 27 and Nov 28.
We’ll receive samples and report poultry and cattle/goat/sheep biosecurity ELISA tests during Nov 24–26.
PCR, Swine, and Pregnancy results will not be reported during Thanksgiving week and will be reported the following week on their usual days. Learn More

Effective July 14, 2025: All samples with an expected delivery date of July 14 or later must be sent to our new Texas testing facility. Learn More

BLV

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Bovine Leukemia Virus in Cattle

August 18, 2023

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is an oncogenic retrovirus that infects lymphocytes (white blood cells). What does this sentence mean? Oncogenic is simply the…

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