National Animal Health
Laboratory Network
The US livestock and food sectors, which
account for $100 billion in annual cash receipts
annually, are under continual threat by widespread
or limited outbreaks of foreign or uncontrolled
animal disease. Since 2002, those assets
have been protected by the National Animal
Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN), created
through the cooperation of CSREES, the USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
and the American Association of Veterinary
Laboratory Diagnosticians. The NAHLN coordinates
the veterinary diagnostic laboratory capacity
of state animal health laboratories and their
extensive infrastructure -- facilities, equipment,
and professional expertise. Those labs:
- provide accessible, timely, accurate,
and consistent animal disease laboratory
services nationwide;
- provide laboratory data to meet epidemiological
and disease reporting needs;
- respond to foreign animal disease outbreaks
or other adverse animal health events (including
bioterrorism events); and,
- focus on diseases of both livestock (including
exotic, zoonotic, and emerging diseases),
and non-livesto07/30/2007>
For more information on the NAHLN, please
contact Bill
Hoffman or Gary
Sherman at CSREES, or Barb
Martin at APHIS.
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