# MALDI-TOF at Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (OVDL)

> **NIH FDA U18** · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $53,362

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Mass spectroscopy/matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MS MALDI-TOF)
systems are now a standard method of bacterial pathogen identification and characterization
available at many veterinary diagnostic laboratories. However, the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic
laboratory (OVDL) lacks such a system. OVLD receives a widely varied diagnostic caseload with
pathogens from common domestic animals but also wildlife, aquatic and marine species of the
Pacific Northwest and the OVDL services are vital to a variety of clients and public health.
Traditional bacteriologic diagnostic methods are well-established at the OVDL but a MS-MALDI
TOF system would allow more rapid and sometimes accurate information and also
supplement/validate traditional methods. The OVDL has in place facilities and intellectual
resources to handle a MS-MALDI TOF system. A MS-MALDI TOF system would complement
our current methods and allow the OVDL to be fully operational for Vet LIRN projects.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10468636
- **Project number:** 5U18FD006720-04
- **Recipient organization:** OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** SUSAN J TORNQUIST
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $53,362
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-01 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10468636

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10468636, MALDI-TOF at Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (OVDL) (5U18FD006720-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10468636. Licensed CC0.

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