Tests performed by Avian Pathology

The VMDL is unable to offer Mycoplasma and Newcastle Disease Virus HI serology testing until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Avian Fungal Culture	$31.00
Avian Histopathology only	$88.00
Avian Influenza ACIA (antigen Type A)	$25.00
Avian Influenza Virus AGID	$4.50
Avian Mail-in or Delivery of Fresh or Fixed Tissue Avian Fixed Tissue Histopathology	$88.00
Avian Necropsy (Gross only)	$88.00
Avian Necropsy Including Histopathology	$110.00
Avian Necropsy Including Histopathology, Serology, Virology, and Bacteriology	$200.00
Avian Ornithobacterium Rhinotracheale ELISA	$5.50
Avian Serology ELISA (Chicken)	$4.50
Avian Serology ELISA (Turkey)	$4.50
Hemorrhagic Enteritis Virus AGID	$4.50
M. gallisepticum/M. synoviae ELISA Combo – Chicken or Turkey	$6.00
Mycoplasma HI Serology	$4.50
Mycoplasma Rapid Plate Test (MG, MS, MM)	$4.00
Newcastle Disease Virus HI Serology	$4.50
Ornithobacterium Rhinotracheale ELISA	$5.50
Salmonella pullorum Tube Agglutination Test	$4.00
Salmonella typhimurium Tube Agglutination Test	$4.00

The University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL) is a full-service veterinary diagnostic laboratory and Missouri’s only laboratory accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. The VMDL is a Level I Lab of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, Tier I Lab of the FDA Veterinary Laboratory Response Network, and a National Poultry Improvement Plan authorized lab. The VMDL maintains an effective quality assurance and quality control program.

The VMDL has formal anatomical pathology, clinical pathology, and clinical microbiology training programs. The VMDL faculty hold academic appointments in the Departments of Veterinary Pathobiology and Veterinary Biomedical Sciences. The director is administratively responsible to the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine for the overall operation of the laboratory and its multiple missions of public service, teaching, research and continuing education/extension.

The VMDL faculty and staff work diligently to provide relevant, timely and cost-effective diagnostic services to our clients and to create a positive learning environment for our students and residents. In 2024, veterinarians, animal owners and researchers from 103 Missouri counties and cities, as well as from 51 states and provinces outside Missouri, continued to rely on the Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s (VMDL) diagnostic services. The lab performed approximately 63,500 total cases and conducted nearly 204,500 tests.