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Additional Campus Affiliations
Clinical Associate Professor, Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
Clinical Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Affiliate, Illinois Natural History Survey
Recent Publications
Daleo, M. J., Medvedev, L., Harkey, C. R., Simmons, A. L., Moorhead, K. M., Whitmer, E. R., Delaney, M. A., Adamovicz, L. A., Collins, D., & Allender, M. C. (2025). A longitudinal analysis of pathogen shedding patterns in confiscated eastern box turtles. Journal of Wildlife Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.70035
Daleo, M. J., & Allender, M. C. (2025). Developing and validating a multiplex hydrolysis probe-based quantitative PCR assay for the detection of four pathogens in chelonians. Journal of Virological Methods, 332, Article 115077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2024.115077
Davidson, A., Kendall, M. W., Ryan, M., Ladez, K., Bradley, S., Lionetto, C., Graser, W., Glowacki, G., Thompson, D., King, R. B., Golba, C. K., Moorhead, K., Adamovicz, L., & Allender, M. C. (2025). Hematology, Plasma Biochemistry, Protein Electrophoresis, and Pathogen Surveillance in Headstarted and Wild-Reared Populations of Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Three Northern Illinois, USA, Counties. Journal of wildlife diseases, 61(1), 30-45. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00194
Liszka, N. C., Adamovicz, L., Moorhead, K. A., Daleo, M. J., Grochowski, K., & Allender, M. C. (2025). Evaluating the Efficacy of Disinfectant Methods against Emydomyces testavorans, a Fungus Associated with Shell Disease in Freshwater Aquatic Turtles. Journal of wildlife diseases, 61(1), 234-240. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00094
Ready, Z. C., Adamovicz, L., Wellehan, J. F. X., Daleo, M., Simmons, A., Glowacki, G., Graser, W., Anchor, C., Thompson, D., & Allender, M. C. (2025). Detection of Adenoviruses in Free-Ranging Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii), Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta), and Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Illinois, USA. Journal of wildlife diseases, 61(2), 370-381. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00087