# Biochemistry analyzer for Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

> **NIH FDA U18** · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $83,333

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
A clinical biochemistry analyzer is an essential piece of equipment for clinical pathology
laboratories that assesses the function and response to injury of key organs such as liver and
kidney. Many food contaminants/misformulations, toxins, microbial agents, cancer and other
conditions affect these organs and can trigger biochemical changes measured by the
biochemistry analyzer. The Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic laboratory (OVDL) has an AU480
biochemistry analyzer that is now 10 years old and lived its functional life expectancy, and
therefore needs to be replaced. Our laboratory cannot function for a single day without a
biochemistry analyzer. The OVDL receives a widely varied diagnostic caseload from domestic
animals as well as wildlife, aquatic and marine species of the Pacific Northwest. The OVDL
services are vital to a variety of clients and to public health, both of which are key to Vet LIRN’s
mission. A biochemistry analyzer is necessary for the OVDL to be fully operational for Vet LIRN
projects and investigations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10135560
- **Project number:** 1U18FD006989-01
- **Recipient organization:** OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** SUSAN J TORNQUIST
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $83,333
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-15 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10135560

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10135560, Biochemistry analyzer for Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (1U18FD006989-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10135560. Licensed CC0.

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