College of Veterinary Medicine
Stacy Lab
Led by Nicole Stacy · Large Animal Clinical Sciences
What we study
The Stacy Lab studies whale diseases by analyzing proteins in their eyes and blood. They use proteomics to diagnose causes of death and investigate diseases in post-mortem samples.
What working here is like
- Marine organisms
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Investigating the Utility of Vitreous Humor and Serum Proteomics for Post-Mortem Diagnostics and Disease Investigations in Whales
Analyzing proteins in whale eyes and blood to diagnose diseases and causes of death.
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Recent papers, explained
- Point-of-care blood analyte data in Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris affected by cold stress syndrome and during handling for health assessment procedures
2026 · Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
- Fatal urogenital tract infection, pyelonephritis and presumed sepsis in a wild bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus in Southwest Florida
2026 · Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
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- What Is Your Diagnosis? Rostral Lesions in a Rio Grande Cichlid ( Herichthys cyanoguttatus )
2026 · Veterinary Clinical Pathology
- Clinical training in aquatic animal medicine—a unique strength of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine
2026 · Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Cross-matching in free-ranging Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Illinois
2026 · Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Tests blood compatibility between Blanding's turtles using crossmatching methods.
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