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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
Adkesson, M. J., Ramont, M., Wong, Y., Sari, G., Allender, M. C., Chinnadurai, S. K., & Miller, L. J. (2026). ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF VETERINARY STORYTELLING IN THE MEDIA ON THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF ZOOS. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 57(1), 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1638/2025-0070
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., Stodola, K. W., Benson, T. J., Adamovicz, L. A., Phillips, C. A., & Allender, M. C. (2026). Estimating Survival of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) with Mycoplasmopsis sp., Adenovirus, and Herpesvirus Detection in Illinois, USA. Journal of wildlife diseases, 62(2), 339-348. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-25-00122
Deppe, K., Winter, J. M., Adamovicz, L., Hucker, E. M., Grochowski, K., Anchor, C., & Allender, M. C. (2026). Positivity Rate of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in Snake Populations of Cook County, Illinois, USA. Journal of wildlife diseases, 62(2), 439-444. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-25-00015
Dierenfeld, E. S., Allgood, H. E., Adkesson, M. J., Allender, M. C., Fascetti, A. J., Cárdenas-Alayza, S., Cardeña, M., & Deem, S. L. (2026). Circulating Nutrients in Guanay Cormorants and Peruvian Pelicans From Punta San Juan, Peru. Zoo Biology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.70062