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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., Adamovicz, L. A., Tang, K. N., & Allender, M. C. (2026). Development and analytical validation of a quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Magellanic penguin herpesvirus 1. Journal of Virological Methods, 339, Article 115255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2025.115255
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, 89(5), Article e70035. 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
Hemby, C. M., Allender, M. C., Cárdenas-Alayza, S., Kayastha, S., Wang, L., & Sheldon, J. D. (2025). Comparison of Rapid Antigen Test and Quantitative PCR for Detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Free-Ranging Peruvian Seabirds. Journal of wildlife diseases, 61(3), 756-759. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00188