Develop a cooperative agreement between american association of veterinary laboratory diagnosticians (aavld ) and the united states department of agriculture (USDA), animal and plant health inspection…

Develop a cooperative agreement between american association of veterinary laboratory diagnosticians (aavld ) and the united states department of agriculture (USDA), animal and plant health inspection service (aphis) to create an animal health diagnostic laboratory (ahdl) workforce development plan. The recipient will establish a task force of experienced laboratory leaders that will work to create an outline for strategic implementation of an ahdl workforce development plan in each of the following categories: 1. DVM diagnostician training program (certificate of completion) 2. Laboratory leadership fellows program (certificate of completion) 3. Recruitment of bench scientists to animal health laboratories (outreach strategies program) 4. MS/PHD ahdl scientist training program (fund and train graduate students in the core ahdl disciplines in cooperation with universities) the goal of the award is to create an outline for strategic implementation of an ahdl workforce development plan in each of the foll owing categories: 1. DVM diagnostician training program (certificate of completion) 2. Laboratory leadership fellows program (certificate of completion) 3. Recruitment of bench scientists to animal health laboratories (outreach strategies program) 4. MS/PHD ahdl scientist training program (fund and train graduate students in the core ahdl disciplines in cooperation with universities) once the plans have been developed, and finalized, plans will be provided aphis leadership for evaluation and if acceptable, execution. Beneficiaries: animal health diagnostic laboratories (ahdls), national animal health laboratory network (nahln) laboratories, and the national veterinary services laboratories (nvsl) no subawards