Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the major goal of this work is to…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the major goal of this work is to support the laboratory infrastructure of the nebraska veterinary diagnostic center (nvdc) tobe able to perform testing for diseases of high consequence to US livestock and poultry, an important component of this is tosupport testing capacity in the case of an outbreak of such a disease through participation in the USDA national animal healthlaboratory network. Such testing is critical to ensure the freedom of animals from disease, rapid identification of potentiallyinfected animals, or in the advent of an outbreak, allow for safe and rapid animal movement out of infected areas and rapidlystop disease transmission. The goal of this work is to support the ability to provide testing services to federal and statestakeholders to help support the safety of livestock, poultry, and the food supply. The objectives of this proposal specific tonvdc include:1.to provide diagnostic testing capabilities and capacities for a national veterinary diagnostic laboratory network to support earlydetection, rapid response, and continuity of business in the face of high-consequence animal disease OUTBREAKS2.to provide quality diagnostic testing results to the USDA national animal health network, through the continued support ofthe nebraska veterinary diagnostic center's quality system.3.to participate in prepardness training, quality training, and planning excercises so that laboratory staff and faculty to respond in the event of a foreign animal disease or nahln scope disease outbreak. The impacts of this work will lead to enhanced capacity for accurate and high quality diagnostic and surveillance testing, which by supporting disease migitation and rapid identication can enable rapid identification, mitigation, and elimination of disease outbreaks in livestock and poultry.