New upgrades coming to UGA s Tifton veterinary lab
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Tifton diagnostic lab receives federal funding for disease outbreak detection upgrades
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Scientists create COVID-19 saliva test for campus
January 18, 2021
The saliva-based test offers a more comfortable way to test for the novel coronavirus
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the U.S., the most common way to test for the virus was using nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs which pass through the nostril to the very back of the nasal cavity, where they pick up mucosal secretions.
But thanks to a team of researchers from UGA’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories, getting tested for the coronavirus is much less obtrusive. As of Jan. 4, UGA began offering a saliva-based COVID-19 test, developed by the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Diagnostic Laboratories, and is transitioning to primarily using the saliva test as the semester continues.