# Frederick Animal Health Vet-LIRN Network Capacity Building Project

> **NIH FDA U18** · MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2021 · $54,809

## Abstract

Abstract: The focus of this proposal is to seek funding for the Frederick Animal Health Laboratory (FAHL) to expand
the capability to support the mission of Vet-LIRN (Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network),
though the addition of a Sensititre Vizion Digital MIC Viewing System with Nephelometer for determining bacterial
sensitivities of submitted samples. This equipment will allow FAHL to participate in the Vet-LIRN Whole Genome
Sequencing project by providing multidrug resistant bacterial strains. FAHL is an ISO 17025 Accredited diagnostic
laboratory and is part of the Maryland Department of Agriculture. FAHL has the staff, equipment, technology, and
management system to be able to provide critical resources that will benefit and support Vet-LIRN.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10381119
- **Project number:** 1U18FD007389-01
- **Recipient organization:** MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Kimberly Harrs Abramo
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $54,809
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-09-06 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10381119

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10381119, Frederick Animal Health Vet-LIRN Network Capacity Building Project (1U18FD007389-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10381119. Licensed CC0.

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