Grants and Contracts Details
Description
The objective of this Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Veterinary Laboratory Response Network (Vet-LRN) Cooperative
Agreement Program is to provide increased sample analysis capabilities for the FDA through partnership with Vet-LRN
laboratories in the event of animal food or drug related illness or other large scale animal food/feed emergency events requiring
surge capacity testing of implicated diagnostic or animal food samples. Testing will include microbiological and chemical analysis
of samples such as animal food/feed/drugs, environmental samples related to animal food/feed/drug production, and/or animal
diagnostic necropsy or clinical samples. In the event of a large-scale biological or chemical contamination affecting animal food
or drug products, the UKVDL will perform selected analyses of diagnostic samples collected and supplied to the laboratory by
FDA or other government agencies Federal or State surveillance assignments will also be a source of samples for analyses.
The overall goal of the cooperative agreement is to complement, develop, improve and use university, state, and federal veterinary
diagnostic laboratory testing capabilities. The program will also be used to implement standardized analysis through the usage of
standardized methods, equipment, analytical worksheets, and electronic reporting. Training and proficiency testing will be provided
for each method, and Quality management systems will be enhanced. Small scale method development and method validation
projects will be performed, as directed by the Vet-LRN Program Office. Funding will be used for supplies, equipment maintenance,
and personnel time.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 9/1/12 → 8/31/13 |
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