Natasha Holden graduated from Boston University in 2018 with a degree in biological anthropology and a minor in biology. Natasha went on to earn a Master of Science (MSc) in Global Health and Development from University College London, where she gained research and coursework experience in microbiome health. Currently, Holden is a research intern at MiDOG LLC…
Effective treatment of diseases requires accurate diagnose, and infectious diseases in avian medicine present special diagnostic challenges. Molecular diagnostic tools, such as DNA sequencing, are available to aid the urgent medical need to detect and identify all culprits that cause infections. Next-generation DNA sequencing offers the ability to diagnose infections using microbial DNA as the analyte, thus bypassing culture testing along with its deficiencies. This article briefly explains this useful laboratory technique as well as its applications in avian medicine…
