Microbiology testing support for VetLIRN

摘要 加州动物健康和食品安全实验室（CAHFS），在学校的 加州大学戴维斯分校的兽医学，是唯一有资格 参与与兽医实验室调查的合作协议， 响应网络（Vet-LIRN）我们是一家诊断机构， 加州食品农业部以及一个不可分割的组成部分， 兽医学院我们的教师在传染病方面有着广泛的专业知识， 人畜共患感染以及食品安全诊断和干预措施。CAHFS教师和 工作人员每年进行超过8700次尸检和526，000次诊断测试。除了 作为联邦选择代理计划的一级机构，CAHFS参与了 一些伙伴关系侧重于紧急情况的发现和应对，包括粮食计划署， 应急响应网络、CDC实验室响应网络和 国家动物卫生实验室网络。作为一个美国的认可成员， 兽医实验室诊断师协会（AAVLD），CAHFS坚持 严格的标准和严格的性能监控要求认证， organization. CAHFS的细菌学部分利用经典和分子生物学方法， 为我们的利益相关者提供快速准确的病原体识别技术。 疾病检测和传染性病原体确认是我们 诊断使命。此外，我们的部门还对食品进行病原体检测， 人类消费和技术人员熟悉FDA BAM测试方法。 将这些程序扩展和验证到动物食品和饲料产品， 我们诊断使命的附加要求。所有这些能力都与 Vet-LIRN的使命是扩大FDA的监督和测试能力， 兽医诊断样品，从而加强对动物食品/药物的反应 掺杂或污染。CAHFS参与本合作协议 这种关系将使实验室能够保持应对Vet-LIRN的能力 当诊断测试是必要的，并加强FDA的食品保护系统。

Abstract The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory (CAHFS), within the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California – Davis, is uniquely qualified to participate in a cooperative agreement with the Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN.) We are the reference diagnostic facility for the California Department of Food Agriculture as well as an integral component of the veterinary college. We have faculty with a vast array of expertise in infectious disease, zoonotic infection, and food safety diagnostics and interventions. CAHFS faculty and staff perform over 8700 necropsies and 526,000 diagnostic tests per year. In addition to being a Tier 1 facility in the federal Select Agent program, CAHFS participates in several partnerships focused on emergency detection and response, including the Food Emergency Response Network, the CDC Laboratory Response Network, and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. As an accredited member of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD), CAHFS adheres to rigorous standards and strict performance monitoring required for certification by this organization. The Bacteriology Section at CAHFS utilizes both classical and molecular techniques to provide rapid and accurate pathogen identification for our stakeholders. Disease detection and infectious agent confirmation are critical components of our diagnostic mission. Additionally, our section performs pathogen testing of foods for human consumption and technicians are familiar with FDA BAM testing methodologies. Extension and validation of these procedures to animal food and feed products are additional requirements of our diagnostic mission. All of these competences align with the Vet-LIRN mission of expanding FDA's oversight of and testing capabilities for veterinary diagnostic samples, leading to an enhanced response to animal food/drug adulteration or contamination. CAHFS participation in this cooperative agreement relationship will allow the lab to maintain capability and capacity to respond to Vet-LIRN when diagnostic testing is needed and to strengthen FDA's food protection systems.