# CVM Vet-LRN Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Program

> **NIH FDA U18** · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE · 2021 · $7,000

## Abstract

Project Summary Abstract
The Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (LADDL) is an accredited laboratory with the
American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostician. In addition to being an accredited animal
disease diagnostic laboratory for the veterinary community, LADDL works through cooperative
agreements with the state , the USDA and its interagencies to perform diagnostic surveillance for
endemic, targeted, and foreign animal disease to enhance the biosecurity of the food and agricultural
industries of the United States The Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (LADDL), is willing
and capable to work through cooperative agreement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN) Cooperative Agreement Program
to build a strong animal diagnostic network to provide sample analyses in the event of animal food or
drug related illnesses or other large-scale animal/feed emergency events that requires surge capacity
testing of diagnostic or animal food samples.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10479200
- **Project number:** 3U18FD006173-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Udeni B. R. Balasuriya
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $7,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10479200

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10479200, CVM Vet-LRN Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Program (3U18FD006173-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10479200. Licensed CC0.

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