National Veterinary Services Laboratories

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The National Veterinary Services Laboratories is a U.S. federal reference and diagnostic laboratory complex that provides animal disease testing, surveillance, and scientific support for national veterinary health programs.

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instanceOf federal laboratory complex
reference laboratory
veterinary diagnostic laboratory
abbreviation NVSL NERFINISHED
collaboratesWith Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NERFINISHED
World Organisation for Animal Health NERFINISHED
other national and international reference laboratories
state veterinary diagnostic laboratories
country United States of America
surface form: United States
field epidemiology
veterinary medicine
veterinary microbiology
veterinary virology
focusesOn protection of U.S. animal agriculture
protection of public health related to animal diseases
fundedBy federal government of the United States NERFINISHED
hasFacilityType biosafety level 3 laboratory
jurisdiction national
language English
location Ames, Iowa NERFINISHED
Plum Island, New York NERFINISHED
operatedBy Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service NERFINISHED
oversees quality assurance for veterinary diagnostic testing within its scope
parentAgency United States Department of Agriculture NERFINISHED
partOf USDA APHIS Veterinary Services NERFINISHED
primaryFunction animal disease testing
disease surveillance
scientific support for national veterinary health programs
provides diagnostic services for animal diseases
reagents and reference materials for diagnostic testing
reference services for veterinary laboratories
training for veterinary diagnosticians
responsibleFor confirming outbreaks of high-consequence animal diseases
supporting surveillance for diseases of livestock
supporting surveillance for diseases of poultry
supporting surveillance for diseases of wildlife
role confirmatory testing for reportable animal diseases
maintenance of reference collections of animal pathogens
national reference laboratory for animal diseases in the United States
standardization of veterinary diagnostic tests
supporting federal and state animal health programs
sector public sector
specializesIn emerging and re-emerging animal diseases
foreign animal diseases
zoonotic diseases
supportsProgram USDA national animal health surveillance programs

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Ames, Iowa hasFacility National Veterinary Services Laboratories