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 financial resources provided 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 financial resources provided to the iowa state university veterinary diagnostic laboratory (ISU VDL) as a core laboratoryin the national animal health laboratory network (nahln) are essential in enhancing animal disease monitoring capabilitiesand capacity, demonstrating competence and compliance of well-defined testing standards, supporting the development andimplementation of quality assurance programs that drive the continuous improvement of the laboratory, increasing collaborationand connectivity between state and federal animal health officials and diagnostic laboratories, and improving foreign oremerging animal disease testing, surveillance, and containment capabilities. Nahln's support of the ISU VDL is essential indriving the continual improvement of the laboratory's ability to adequately serve and protect the health and well-being of usfood-animal agriculture and the safety and abundance of our nation's food-supply. Federal support through the nahln is acornerstone of enhancing our laboratory, regional, and national preparedness to effectively monitor and respond to emergingdiseases of importance to both animal and human health. These funds have enabled the ISU VDL the ability to maintain a BSL-3 capable diagnostic laboratory space and proficiency-trained diagnostic technicians that must be prepared when a diseaseoutbreak occurs and utilized on a regular basis for foreign, emerging, and domestic disease surveillance. These funds alsosupport laboratory information technology infrastructure, capabilities, and personnel to develop and use data systems necessaryfor secure management and transmission of sensitive laboratory data. Similarly, support through the nahln has been criticaltowards enhancing the ISU VDL's quality assurance programs that validate the accuracy and reliability of the test results toreassure decision-makers and foreign trading partners that they can have confidence in the results. In short, funding receivedthrough the nahln is used as an extremely efficient and effective means of leveraging the capabilities existing at the ISU vdlto enhance the US diagnostic system serving to protect animal health, human health, and the greater than 100 billion dollar US animal agricultural economy.