Principal Investigator: Francois Elvinger

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 

Goals and objectives of this project are to expand AHDC infrastructure for the detection of high impact animal disease and disease agents. The AHDC has been designated a Level 1 laboratory in the NAHLN based on its accreditation status, infrastructure and functional laboratory information management system, its high level of emergency preparedness, surveillance capabilities and continuous surveillance output, the value and level of animal commodities in its service areas, and its active organizational contribution to the network. The requested equipment is to expand specifically AHDC capabilities and capacity in whole genome sequencing for outbreak surveillance, support monitoring of antimicrobial resistance, and have the capacity to ramp up serologic testing to facilitate animal, germplasm and other product movement during high consequence disease outbreaks.