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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
Arvidson, M., Subedi, Y. R., Kayastha, S., Mitchell, A., Alvarado, K., Deng, X., Terio, K., Allender, M., & Wang, L. (2025). SARS-CoV-2 Serological Surveillance of Both Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Zoo Animals with the Identification of a Sloth Bear and a Tapir with Previous Infection. Viruses, 17(11), Article 1459. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17111459
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