# AR VDL FOODBORNE ILLNESS CHARACTERIZATION OF DOMESTICATED ANIMAL SPECIMENS

> **NIH FDA U18** · ARKANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $20,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
Overview
The Arkansas Livestock & Poultry Commission Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (ALPC-VDL) is a
27-person, full-service veterinary lab centrally located in the city of Little Rock. Its scope of
accreditation conforms to the ISO 17025 standard, and it is the only NAHLN laboratory in the state.
Our accreditation status may be verified via the A2LA web page. The laboratory is organized around
the veterinary pathology service with sections devoted to necropsy, histopathology,
immunohistochemistry, virology, microbiology, clinical pathology, serology, and toxicology.
Approximately 20,000 diagnostic cases are processed each year, with an additional 28,000 EIA cases
plus another 5000 NPIP cases.
The core competency of the lab is the large-animal necropsy service. A moment's reflection will
indicate that the typical laboratory specimen may be shipped overnight to any laboratory nationwide;
however, this scenario simply does not apply to a livestock carcass. What this means is that the Vet-
LIRN's stated desire to augment the CVM's capability to characterize animal diagnostic specimens will
find no more competent partner than the ALPC-VDL.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9939294
- **Project number:** 5U18FD006163-04
- **Recipient organization:** ARKANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Russ Summers
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $20,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-08-01 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9939294

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9939294, AR VDL FOODBORNE ILLNESS CHARACTERIZATION OF DOMESTICATED ANIMAL SPECIMENS (5U18FD006163-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9939294. Licensed CC0.

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