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Jerry Saliki is the director of the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Center in Stillwater, OK. His team stepped up to expand testing capacity at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, animal disease labs across the country stepped up to expand testing capacity, and they could play a role in preventing the next pandemic.
Spillover events (animal diseases that jump to humans) happen often, according to Jonna Mazet, a professor of epidemiology and disease ecology at the University of California - Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
Most novel diseases and emerging infections that jump from one species to another don’t cause big problems, she says. In other cases, it can be bad.
May 13, 2021
The new Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory facility on the WSU Pullman campus. (WSU Photo Services)
PULLMAN, Wash. Washington State University will celebrate the opening of the new Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL), marking the next era in diagnostic testing and disease surveillance.
The new facility will be virtually dedicated via the College of Veterinary Medicine YouTube channel at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 13, and will feature WSU president Kirk Schulz, College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Dori Borjesson, WADDL Executive Director Tim Baszler, Rep. JT Wilcox, and Washington State Department of Agriculture Director Derek Sandison. A virtual tour of the facility will also be available.
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.”