# Whole genome sequencing for outbreak investigations of foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance studies for FDA Vet-LIRN

> **NIH FDA U18** · OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2022 · $75,000

## Abstract

FDA CVM Vet-LIRN PROGRAM GRANT PROPOSAL
 FOR FOA # PAR-18-604
 “Vet-LIRN Network Capacity-Building Projects”
ABSTRACT
This grant proposal from the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is in response to
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) # PAR-18-604 from the Food and Drug
Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Office of Research
Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN). The project is
titled “Whole genome sequencing for outbreak investigations of foodborne pathogens and
antimicrobial resistance studies for FDA Vet-LIRN”.
This proposal from ODA’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) addresses the
following key project areas:
1. Increasing the capacity of laboratories conducting pathogen susceptibility testing
 by funding the updating or purchasing of additional equipment.
2. Procurement of supplies needed for AMR testing efforts or method improvement.
3. Purchase of liquid handling system for handling of samples for Vet-LIRN foodborne
 pathogen case investigations.
4. Conduct increased testing in response to a new need identified by the VPO.
5. Participation in multi-laboratory blinded tests to validate newly developed Vet-LIRN
 Network methods.
The ADDL is also poised to address new developments in emerging regulatory sciences
as well as urgent or novel areas for potential research. Several additional documents
including the internal Proficiency Testing (PT) results (appendix of Research Plan), and
certificate of AAVLD accreditation (appendix of Research Plan) are provided along with
the

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10468683
- **Project number:** 5U18FD006712-04
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Melanie Prarat
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $75,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-08-05 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10468683

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10468683, Whole genome sequencing for outbreak investigations of foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance studies for FDA Vet-LIRN (5U18FD006712-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10468683. Licensed CC0.

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