Grants and Contracts Details
Description
The University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory will perform appropriate
pathological evaluations on all dead cattle presented for necropsy and related testing as indicated in
support of the national BSE surveillance program. Procedures shall include obtaining and
reviewing the relevant clinical history for indications of altered neurological function. The brain
shall be removed from all cattle, even those being extremely remote for the disease and examined
macroscopically and microscopically for evidence of spongiform encephalopathy. A sample of
brain stem that includes the obex shall be taken and submitted to the appropriate federal laboratory
for the specific assay for BSE.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 4/1/12 → 6/30/12 |
Funding
- KY Department of Agriculture: $2,520.00
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