As a level 1 laboratory of the national animal health laboratory network, the ohio animal disease diagnostic laboratory (ADDL) supports the USDA by providingearly detection, rapid response, and…

The Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) will provide enhanced animal disease testing capabilities and capacity to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through a $250,000 cooperative agreement award under the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative (FADI) federal grant program. As a Level 1 laboratory within the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, the ADDL supports early detection, rapid response, and recovery efforts for high consequence animal diseases. Funding will maintain the ADDL's BSL-3 laboratory and support connectivity between state and federal partners through electronic health messaging and IT infrastructure upgrades. Currently, the ADDL can message for seven priority foreign animal diseases. The award period is August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022.

As a level 1 laboratory of the national animal health laboratory network, the ohio animal disease diagnostic laboratory (ADDL) supports the USDA by providingearly detection, rapid response, and recovery from high consequence animal diseases. The financial resources provided to the ohio ADDL as a level 1 nahln laboratory will provide essential support for enhanced animal disease testing capabilities and capacity, support for the quality assurance program that drives continuous improvement of the laboratory, and connectivity between state and federal partners for collaboration and disease reporting. These funds will help the ohio ADDL maintain its BSL-3 laboratory that is used for investigations of high consequence pathogens and outbreak response. Electronic HL7 messaging and IT infrastructure willalso be supported by this cooperative agreement, necessary for management and sharing of sensitive laboratory data. Currently, the ohio ADDL can message apmv-1, ASF, CSF, FMD, IAV-a, IAV-S andprv.