# FDA Vet-LIRN Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Cooperative Agreement Program funding to increase sample analysis in the event of animal food or drug related illness

> **NIH FDA U18** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2021 · $39,450

## Abstract

Gaskill 2017 Project Summary/Abstract
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.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10189617
- **Project number:** 5U18FD006179-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** Alan Loynachan
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $39,450
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-08-01 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10189617

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10189617, FDA Vet-LIRN Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Cooperative Agreement Program funding to increase sample analysis in the event of animal food or drug related illness (5U18FD006179-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10189617. Licensed CC0.

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