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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., & 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
Daleo, M. J., Adamovicz, L. A., & Allender, M. C. (2024). Development and analytical characteristics of a quantitative real-time PCR assay for detection of spheniscid alphaherpesvirus 1 in penguins. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 36(2), 187-191. https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387241228869
Davidson, A., Ryan, M., Schnelle, A. N., Graser, W., Adamovicz, L., & Allender, M. C. (2024). COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF DIPOTASSIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID AND LITHIUM HEPARIN ON HEMATOLOGIC VALUES IN BLANDING'S TURTLES (EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII), PAINTED TURTLES (CHRYSEMYS PICTA), AND COMMON SNAPPING TURTLES (CHELYDRA SERPENTINA). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 55(1), 92-101. https://doi.org/10.1638/2022-0170
Durante, K., Adamovicz, L., Haynes, E., Schnelle, A. N., & Allender, M. C. (2024). COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF LITHIUM HEPARIN AND DIPOTASSIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID ON HEMATOLOGIC VALUES IN PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS VIRIDIS) AND LAKE ERIE WATER SNAKES (NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 54(4), 817-824. https://doi.org/10.1638/2023-0001
Edmonds, D., Adamovicz, L., Allender, M., Colton, A., Nÿboer, R., & Dreslik, M. (2024). Evaluating population persistence of ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata) at the northeast edge of their distribution. Wildlife Biology, 2024(2), Article e01183. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01183