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 laboratory goal of grant…

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 laboratory goal of grant participation and funds is to continueto work to enhance our surveillance and diagnostic capabilities overall and especially as they relate to high consequence and foreign animal diseases. We remain active in nahnl activities that serve this purpose and enhance the national animal health laboratory network as a whole. The laboratory is proficiency tested for HL7 messaging for all of our nahln scope diseases. Our laboratory has been activated to assist and respond to the ongoing national hpai disease outbreak. We are one of the states that had positive hpai in cattle and performed testing to support that outbreak. Nahln support is used for maintenance and enhancement of our testing systems as they relate to nahln scope diseases and to increase our capabilities to detect high consequence, foreign animal, and emerging disease threats to north carolina and the nation. We continue with efforts to continuously improve of our quality system.