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Under the ‘Scope – Fall 2024

Under the ‘Scope – Fall 2024

VMDL Faculty and Residents Attend Annual AAVLD Meeting in Nashville

Several faculty members and residents traveled to Nashville, Tennessee to attend the 67th annual AAVLD meeting in October. Attendees joined over 1,200 of their colleagues from around the nation to address the latest issues in animal health and learn about the latest research and information in disease eradication and control. Below is a list of presentations and posters they contributed to the proceedings. We are so proud of their accomplishments!

  • Alexis Carpenter – Poster: Disseminated pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in a horse (this case was also recently accepted as a publication in AAVLD’s official journal, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigations)
  • Zhenyu Shen – Poster: Exploring Causes of Mystery Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Through Sequencing (Zhenyu Shen, Lauren Delaney, Yuekun Lang, Wenjun Ma, Shuping Zhang)
  • Caleb Wearmouth – Poster: Severe Meningoencephalitis and Polymyositis Associated with Cyst-forming Protozoa in a Dog
  • Xiangwei Du – Presentation: Extensive Evaluation of a UPLC-PDA Method for Quantitation of Cannabinoids in Hemp
  • Amanda Smith – Poster: You’ve struck a nerve: ganglioneuritis in a Quarter Horse mare
  • Amanda Smith – Slide seminar talk: Atherosclerosis with multifocal thrombosis in a dog with hypothyroidism and hypercholesterolemia
  • Anthony Ogunbadewa – Poster: Temporal evolution of Canine Parvovirus type-2 circulating in Missouri, United States
  • Rosalie Ierardi – Presentation: Active surveillance for Theileria orientalis and the invasive longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in three Missouri beef herds (Rosalie A. Ierardi, Celeste Morris, Jacqueline Nunnelley, Angela B. Royal, Zhenyu Shen, Ram K. Raghavan).

New Clinical Pathology Testing Available

The clinical pathology laboratory has two new test additions.

Serum fructosamine for dogs and cats, $30.00. Please collect blood in a plain red top tube without additive, centrifuge the sample after clotting, and submit at least of 0.5 mL of serum in a separate red top tube or other sterile container without additive. Samples should be submitted with cold packs and shipped overnight Monday through Thursday. • Moderate or marked hemolysis will cause erroneous results. Please ensure only clear or mildly hemolyzed specimens are submitted.

  • You can see more information here: https://vmdl.missouri.edu/clinical-pathology/fructosamine/

Urine cortisol to creatinine ratio for dogs, $35.00. This test has been used as a minimally invasive tool to assist with screening for hyperadrenocorticism and hypoadrenocorticism in dogs. Please place a minimum of 1 mL of urine in a non-additive blood collection tube or a leakproof, unbreakable container. Samples should be shipped with cold packs overnight Monday through Thursday.

  • You can see more information here: https://vmdl.missouri.edu/clinical-pathology/urine-cortisolcreatinine-ratio/

Meet Our New Faculty Members 

Dr. Sidney Bogue, DVM, M.Ed., DACVP (Clinical)

Dr. Sidney Bogue

Sidney Bogue started out at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine for veterinary school. She spent one year in general practice before returning to the University of Missouri for her clinical pathology residency and Master’s of Education. She remained after completing her residency as an assistant clinical professor.  Dr. Bogue’s diagnostic interests lie primarily in cytology, particularly of neoplasia. She has a particular preoccupation with rhabdomyosarcomas. However, she enjoys most clinical pathology puzzles she encounters.

Dr. Amanda Smith, DVM, DACVP (Anatomic)

Dr. Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in linguistics and Spanish in 2013 before obtaining her DVM from Oklahoma State University in 2021. During that time, she discovered a love of diagnostic medicine, prompting her to pursue a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Missouri. She completed her residency and successfully passed boards in 2024. Her diagnostic interests include all things equine and avian infectious diseases. In her free time, she enjoys riding horses and spending time with her family and four-legged friends including 2 great Pyrenees, 3 cats, and a geriatric horse.


Ocular Pathology Expertise at the VMDL

Ocular Pathology Expertise at the VMDL

Have an entire globe or ocular tissues for histopathology? The VMDL can help! One of our pathologists, Dr. Annabelle Burnum, DVM, DACVP has a keen interest in ocular pathology, and she would love to help you with your ophthalmology cases.

Dr. Burnum completed her anatomic pathology residency training at the University of Georgia, where she mentored under the legendary Dr. Paige Carmichael, an expert in the fields of ocular pathology and neuropathology. Dr. Burnum has contributed to numerous ocular pathology-themed presentations and posters at Society for Comparative Ocular Pathology and American College of Veterinary Pathologists meetings. Besides teaching pathology of the eye to vet students in MU’s Systemic Pathology course, she enjoys training residents in evaluating ocular biopsies and leading ocular pathology rounds in conjunction with the ophthalmology residents and faculty. “I like to foster a close relationship with the clinical ophthalmologists that I serve, because the clinical context is so important to understanding the pathogenesis of lesions in the eye,” says Dr. Burnum.

Next time you submit an ocular biopsy to the VMDL for evaluation, consider asking for Dr. Burnum specifically. “I would love to lend my expertise to solving your ocular mystery cases, big or small,” she says. “Bring it on!”


UNDER THE SCOPE – FALL 2024

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Message from the Director

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.

About the MU VMDL

The VMDL is a full-service laboratory accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD). The VMDL provides in-depth laboratory diagnostic support to veterinary practitioners, livestock and poultry industry interests, companion animal interests, wildlife conservationists, scientists utilizing animals in their research throughout the university, state and regulatory officials, and clinicians of the MU Veterinary Health Center.

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