Testing for salmonella
Tests Provided
- Egg pools (10-20 eggs/pool) PEQAP
- Environmental – PEQAP
- FDA SE –PEQAP
- RapidChek (Gp D1) SE test
- RapidChek SE confirmation culture
- Salmonella serotyping
- Salmonella serogrouping
- Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) Real time-PCR (PEQAP, FDA and NPIP)
Section Supervisor
Dr. Philma Muthuraj
Email: pzm5552@psu.edu
Office: 814-863-0837
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Laboratory Technicians
Traci Pierre, MT (ASCP)
Email: tap129@psu.edu
Office: 814-865-5792
Megan Copeland
Email: mec62@psu.edu
Office: 814-863-0837
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Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. After-hours submission available daily.
- Email adlhelp@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0837
- Fax 814-865-3907
2025 Holiday Hours
- Memorial Day: May 26, Closed
- Juneteenth: June 19, Closed
- Independence Day: July 4, Closed
- Labor Day: September 1, Closed
- Thanksgiving Holiday: November 27-28, Closed
- Christmas Eve: December 24, Open 8 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Christmas Day: December 25, Closed
- Holiday Break: December 26, 29-31, Open 8 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- New Years Day: January 1, 2026 Closed
Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. After-hours submission available daily.
- Email adlhelp@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0837
- Fax 814-865-3907
2025 Holiday Hours
- Memorial Day: May 26, Closed
- Juneteenth: June 19, Closed
- Independence Day: July 4, Closed
- Labor Day: September 1, Closed
- Thanksgiving Holiday: November 27-28, Closed
- Christmas Eve: December 24, Open 8 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Christmas Day: December 25, Closed
- Holiday Break: December 26, 29-31, Open 8 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- New Years Day: January 1, 2026 Closed
