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Lab directors press Congress to sustain workforce pipeline, training and university partnerships
Summary
Directors of state and university veterinary diagnostic laboratories told a House subcommittee that lab readiness depends on recruiting and retaining technicians, residents and faculty; they described internships, residency programs and university partnerships as key and asked for continued federal support to fund salaries and training.
State and university laboratory directors told the House Agriculture Subcommittee that staffing and training are central to maintaining diagnostic capacity and that federal support helps sustain internships, residencies and teaching programs that feed the veterinary diagnostics pipeline. Dr. Jamie Riedelik said Kansas State’s diagnostic lab employs about 120 people, including roughly 25 faculty, and that the lab developed a technician internship pipeline and…
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