# FDA Vet-LIRN Site Application - Tier I Lab Renewal

> **NIH FDA U18** · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · 2020 · $39,966

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL) at the University of Missouri is a full
service diagnostic laboratory and it is Missouri’s only laboratory accredited by the American
Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD). The VMDL is a Level I Lab of the
National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN). The VMDL is a Tier I Laboratory of the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response
Network (Vet-LIRN). The VMDL provides in-depth laboratory diagnostic support to MU
Veterinary Health Center Hospital, veterinary practitioners, livestock and poultry industry,
stakeholders in companion animal health, wildlife conservationists, and state and federal
regulatory agencies. The goal of this application is to strengthen the VMDL’s support of FDA
Vet-LIRN, with respect to “investigate potential adverse events affecting the nation’s food or
animal feed supply by conducting testing of veterinary products, animal feeds or diagnostic
samples”. The specific aims are to 1) participate in FDA Vet-LIRN sample analysis, 2) provide
analytical data to support potential regulatory use, and 3) participate in additional FDA Vet-LIRN
research and development projects, such as method development and validation as determined
by the VPO. The requested funding will enable the VMDL to maintain the Tier I Lab status,
hereby completing the on-going FDA projects, developing new methods without interrupting
routine diagnostic services, and more efficiently responding to foodborne disease outbreaks.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9954055
- **Project number:** 5U18FD006670-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Shuping Zhang
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $39,966
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-06-15 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9954055

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9954055, FDA Vet-LIRN Site Application - Tier I Lab Renewal (5U18FD006670-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9954055. Licensed CC0.

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