This project will help the south dakota animal disease research & diagnostics laboratory (adrdl) continue to be a top-level partner with national animal health laboratory network (nahln) in…

This $250,000 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative (FADI, CFDA #10.304) program will support the South Dakota Animal Disease Research & Diagnostics Laboratory's (ADRDL) continued partnership with the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) through July 31, 2022. ADRDL will leverage its diagnostic capabilities, quality systems, information technology infrastructure, financial resources, and administrative functions to assist NAHLN in monitoring for, detecting, and responding to potential emergencies involving animal disease outbreaks such as avian influenza or foot-and-mouth disease. Specifically, ADRDL will validate test methods, share real-time data with stakeholders, participate in emergency preparedness exercises, conduct disease monitoring activities, and provide other NAHLN support services as needed. This collaboration enhances national preparedness for emerging and existing threats to animal health, agriculture, and the food supply.

This project will help the south dakota animal disease research & diagnostics laboratory (adrdl) continue to be a top-level partner with national animal health laboratory network (nahln) in providing a solid defense to american agriculture system. In this capacity, adrdl will ensure that IT is prepared to support the nahln mission to monitor, detect, and respond in a timely manner to potential emergencies related to animal disease outbreaks (e.g., bird flu or swine flu or foot and mouth disease, etc.). The adrdl will achieve this objective by using and sharing its current diagnostic capabilities, quality system, IT system, financial system, and administrative resources for nahln activities related to ensuring employee competencies, test method validation, real time data communication with stakeholders, emergency preparedness exercises, disease monitoring activities, and other nahln support activities as required. We believe that adrdl's collaboration with nahln will help our nation to be ever prepared to deal with emerging or existing threats to animal health, agriculture, and food supply in a timely manner.