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House committee hears NDSU lab testing, HPAI impacts and requests for toxicology and epidemiology hires
Summary
NDSU staff told lawmakers the diagnostic lab can test for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and discussed the financial and emotional costs of depopulation in commercial flocks. The Senate funded a veterinary toxicology resident but did not include an extension epidemiologist the agency had prioritized.
Committee members asked NDSU officials about the veterinary diagnostic lab’s role in testing for highly pathogenic avian influenza and other livestock diseases, and about requests for two positions: a toxicology resident and a livestock epidemiologist.
Greg Lardy told the committee the veterinary diagnostic lab does test for avian influenza and that a local non‑negative result must be reported and sent to USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network for…
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