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 The C. E. Kord
Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory provides a variety of services in
support of animal disease diagnosis and regulatory activities within the
state of Tennessee. Veterinarians and animal
owners may submit dead animals to the laboratory for examination.
Additionally, tissues removed from live animals, such as surgical biopsies,
are also submitted to the laboratory to define disease within the live
animal. Laboratory units are also involved in diagnostic and regulatory
support by identifying bacteria and viruses that cause disease. The
laboratory also provides serologic support for the joint State/Federal
Brucellosis Eradication Program, which is nearing the successful eradication
of brucellosis in the United States. Many tests performed by
the laboratory are important in maintaining interstate and international
markets for the Tennessee agricultural community.
The
impact of the laboratory is far reaching, and ranges from support enabling
animal shipments to many foreign countries to the individual farmer experiencing
death losses on his farm.
The
laboratory also provides essential services to Tennessee’s own companion animals.
Companion animal diagnostic medicine serves as an important means of
detecting and monitoring the incidence of zoonotic
diseases (diseases transmissible from animals to humans). The
availability of competent diagnosticians and staff to perform necropsies,
tissue diagnosis, bacteriology, and serologic examinations offers an
important safeguard to prevent transmission of animal diseases to human
beings. These services are also in support of the human-animal bond,
and reflect the increasing importance of animals to our emotional and
physical well-being.
The
Laboratory Director is State Veterinarian
Ron Wilson, DVM. He may be reached at (615) 837-5120.
The USPS mailing address is:
C.E. Kord
Animal Disease Laboratory
P.O. Box 40627, Melrose Station
Nashville, TN 37204-0627
For Overnight Shipping, use this
address:
C.E. Kord Animal Disease Laboratory
Ellington Agriculture Center
440 Hogan Road
Nashville, TN 37220
Please
remember that overnight shipping cannot be delivered to a post office box
number.
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