Tennessee s First Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Facility Is Open Friday, April 23, 2021
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory has the state’s first Chronic Wasting Disease testing facility. The CWD testing unit is operational and fully accredited by the International Organization for Standardization, the organization that develops and publishes international standards.
“A dozen counties in West Tennessee are CWD positive or high risk,” Commissioner Charlie Hatcher, D.V.M. said. “Kord Lab’s CWD unit produces valuable information to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, captive herd owners, and to hunters. This unit also supports the One Health initiative for greater understanding of health connections among people, animals, and plants.”
Mink caught outside Oregon farm tests positive for virus
December 25, 2020 GMT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The Oregon Department of Agriculture said among animals captured during wildlife surveillance near a mink farm that recently had a coronavirus outbreak, a mink believed to have recently escaped confinement tested positive for low levels of the virus known to cause COVID-19 in humans.
State officials released a statementsaying recent tests confirm mink at the farm that tested positive for the virus in late November are now clear of the virus.
KOIN reports the department conducted two rounds of follow-up tests, 14 days apart, to document the animals’ recovery.
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