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Bringing Animal Health Serology In-House

The Most Comprehensive Bartonella IFA Panel Available for animal health   We are excited to announce the Bartonella IFA Serology Panel for veterinary diagnostics will be run in our laboratory starting August 1st, 2022. We will continue offering three IFA serology tests for antibodies specific to the following antigens: B. henselae, B. koehlerae, and B. [...]

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Bartonellosis and Rare Disease Day

Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels Rare Disease Day is February 28. Rare diseases have specific legal definitions that are tied to support from various governmental programs around the world. Patient registries are a key part of the call for funding for rare disease research and are needed to advance the research on tick-borne diseases like Lyme borreliosis, [...]

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One Health Month 2022: People and Animals Caring For Each Other

In 2019, the US Senate passed a bipartisan resolution designating January 2020 as One Health Awareness Month in the United States. Now, One Health advocates around the world promote and celebrate One Health education in the beginning of each year. Source: CDC   At Galaxy Diagnostics, we educate about the risks of zoonotic pathogens to [...]

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A Multiplex Droplet Digital PCR Test for Tick-Borne Disease

Individuals exposed to fleas and ticks are at risk of polymicrobial infections, which can lead to complex multi-system disease. It is difficult and expensive to confirm which infections are present with currently available laboratory testing, so healthcare providers often must clinically diagnose patients based on symptoms and exposure risk. A new direct detection method, the [...]

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Communities Come Together for One Health Day 2021

This week we celebrated global One Health Day together with Louisiana One Health in Action (LOHA), an organization founded by Amy LeBoeuf after her son was diagnosed with bartonellosis after getting a tiny scratch from their cat. People and their families who have been affected by flea- and tick-borne pathogens are at the forefront of [...]

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Now Offering Antibody Tests for Bartonella vinsonii berkhoffii and Bartonella koehlerae!

Earlier this week, we announced that IFA serology (IgG) testing is now available at Galaxy Diagnostics for two additional Bartonella species: B. vinsonii berkhoffii and B. koehlerae. Access to reliable testing for a broader range of Bartonella species will improve the clinical outcomes of high-risk patient populations, such as veterinarians and other people who regularly [...]

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