Source: KANSAS STATE UNIV submitted to
NAHLN: KS
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
TERMINATED
Funding Source
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0215143
Grant No.
2005-37620-16034
Project No.
KS000078
Proposal No.
2008-04480
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Program Code
AA-G
Project Start Date
Jul 15, 2005
Project End Date
Jul 14, 2010
Grant Year
2008
Project Director
Anderson, G. A.
Recipient Organization
KANSAS STATE UNIV
(N/A)
MANHATTAN,KS 66506
Performing Department
DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE AND PATHOBIOLOGY
Non Technical Summary
The Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (KSVDL) will continue to actively participate with the State, Federal, and County/City agencies and the University in planning and coordinating surveillance testing, surge capacity, public policy and public education regarding foreign animal diseases, emerging/re-emerging zoonotic diseases public health and enzootic diseases of high consequence. Personnel participated in statewide HPAI training sessions during 1Q08 and a NAHLN-sponsored HPAI Table Top Exercise in May 2008. The activities are well-matched with NAHLN goals and will require continued resources and support to meet KSVDL expectations for participation in the NAHLN. The KSVDL needs for enhancing capability and capacity continue to be broad and include personnel, equipment and supplies. The requested funding will assist in the progress toward critical enhancements and will continue to allow further leveraging of internal resources. Diagnostic testing and resulting, data mining, confidential exchange of critical information with all stakeholders are essential components of an effective diagnostic laboratory and surveillance programs. A significant need in the KSVDL continues to be the necessary transition to bar coding samples, and this funding will provide valuable assistance for the bar coding project and other activities relevant to state and national security. The KSVDL will continue to participate with local, State and Federal planners, response teams and training programs. If a major incident occurred, the KSVDL would continue to be significantly challenged. The rate-limiting factor would primarily involve personnel and equipment, which could be addressed rather quickly with appropriate levels of funding.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
31139101060100%
Goals / Objectives
The Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (KSVDL) will continue to actively participate with the AVIC/USDA/APHIS, Kansas Department of Animal Health, Kansas Department of Health & Environment, Cooperative Extension, County/City, and University in planning and coordinating surveillance testing, surge capacity, public policy and public education regarding foreign animal diseases, emerging/re-emerging zoonotic diseases, public health and enzootic diseases of high consequence. These activities mesh well with NAHLN targets and will require continued personnel support, additional laboratory capabilities and IT enhancements. The KSVDL needs for enhancing capability and capacity continue to be broad and include personnel, equipment and supplies. Diagnostic testing and resulting, data mining, confidential exchange of critical information with NAHLN, KDHE, KDAH and other stakeholders are essential components of an effective diagnostic laboratory and surveillance programs. The project will continue to provide valuable assistance for moving the bar coding project forward, for completion of the robotics project and for the continuous requirement to increase overall capacity and capabilities of the KSVDL. The KSVDL will continue to participate with local, State and Federal planners and response teams. Train-the-trainer PT and scenario training will continue.
Project Methods
Although we have been able to achieve NAHLN connectivity and compliance because of hiring a project leader (Computer Information Specialist) and acquiring the necessary hardware and Rhapsody, ongoing support to maintain and/or increase appropriate levels of activity and expertise for the NAHLN will be pursued. KSVDL, Biosecurity Research Institute/National Agricultural Biosecurity Center and NAHLN will establish a high throughput (robotics) surveillance testing and training site at Kansas State University. KSVDL will transition to bar coding samples [most importantly NAHLN projects (CSF, AI, CWD, Scrapie, BSE) but also routine accessions]. The KSVDL will continue to participate with local, State and Federal planners and response teams, including train-the-trainer PT and scenario training and training at the PIADC, Iowa State University by Dr. Jim Roth and the University of Wisconsin.

Progress 07/15/05 to 07/14/10

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (KSVDL) continues to be a member lab of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) and has used the available funding to support activities to enhance connectivity to the Network. The KSVDL continues to partner with NAHLN to provide personnel training and proficiency testing for high-consequence diseases, surveillance testing of FMD, CSF, AI/END, PRV, SIV, Scrapie and CWD, including attendance at PIADC training. In addition, a viable connection to the NAHLN IT Network continues to function and improve. The project provides infrastructure support to upgrade services relevant for national surveillance, including technical training, equipment and protocols. KSVDL activities and results are used for presentations and reports. PARTICIPANTS: The project provides infrastructure support to upgrade services relevant for national surveillance, including technical training, equipment and protocols. KSVDL activities and results are used for presentations and reports. TARGET AUDIENCES: Laboratory personnel continue to enhance skills, knowledge and capabilities. In addition, practicing veterinarians and regulatory agencies (USDA/APHIS, Kansas Animal Health Dept, Kansas Wildlife and Parks, Kansas Dept Health and Environment) have participated and served through the project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: The primary IT staff member, Rob McGaughey has functioned well on behalf of the KSVDL and NAHLN, and his efforts to interact with colleagues from other NAHLN labs and the NVSL will continue.

Impacts
KSVDL personnel participated in Train-the-Trainer programs both off-site as well as on-site, so 12 technical staff members have been proficiency tested for NAHLN-directed surveillance. In addition, IT personnel have attended conferences and training programs that provided background for installation, configuration, and messaging testing for NAHLN applications. Personnel from the KSVDL will participate in the pilot project for FMD Table Top involving the Kansas Animal Health Department and the Kansas Department of Health & Environment, Emergency Response, and NAHLN. Further training for the Kansas Voluntary Veterinary Response Corps and the KSVDL occurred during the KSU Annual Conference for Veterinarians, which was in collaboration with the Kansas Animal Health Department and the College of Veterinary Medicine. The KSVDL continues to work closely with Extension on publications (Veterinary Quarterly), as well as veterinary and producer meetings throughout the State. Activities support NAHLN objectives to enhance capability, capacity and connectivity for high-consequence disease surveillance, having direct application for producers, veterinarians, regulatory agencies and public health officials.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period


Progress 07/15/05 to 07/14/09

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (KSVDL) is a member lab of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) and has used the available funding to support activities to enhance the NAHLN and KSVDL connectivity to the Network. The KSVDL has partnered with NAHLN to provide personnel training and proficiency testing for high-consequence diseases, surveillance testing of FMD, CSF, AI/END, PRV, SIV, Scrapie and CWD, and a viable connection to the NAHLN IT Network. Although steps continue to be taken toward full implementation, the server hardware for the NAHLN connection has been procured, installed and maintained, including the messaging software (Rhapsody). In the meantime, KSVDL has been reporting surveillance results via web-based access, per NAHLN specifications. The Rhapsody administration client has been installed on identified workstations, and the Rhapsody server software has been installed on the server hardware. This will allow the KSVDL to report directly to the NAHLN in near real-time. The project provided infrastructure support to upgrade services relevant for national surveillance, including technical training, equipment and protocols. Thus, information required for refereed publications was not an objective; however, activity and results generated at the KSVDL were utilized for presentations and reports from the NAHLN. PARTICIPANTS: In addition to the PI (G Anderson), many colleagues/collaborators (R Oberst, G Andrews, J Nietfeld, B DeBey, J Bai, K Almes, K Janardhan, R Hesse) and support staff (J Anderson, R McGaughey, T Weston, M Romero, B Barkdoll, M Hays, K Skarbek, S Hahn, Joe Anderson, H Wisdom, S Waldron, Y Kim, B An) contributed to the project. Faculty developed and increased understanding of the NAHLN and objectives of the Network, as did the Staff. In addition, the technical skills were dramatically enhanced through the train-the-trainer program and then subsequent implementation of the surveillance programs outlined by NAHLN. TARGET AUDIENCES: The laboratory personnel were targeted to enhance skill, knowledge and capabilities, which was accomplished and subsequently used to perform NAHLN-required testing and reporting. In addition, practicing veterinarians, regulatory agencies (USDA/APHIS, Kansas Animal Health Dept, Kansas Wildlife and Parks, Kansas Dept Health and Environment) and other colleagues in diagnostic labs in the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) labs were served by the project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Recent delays occurred in the project due to the death of our primary IT staff member. We have hired a replacement and plans are in place to finalize real-time connectivity to the NAHLN.

Impacts
KSVDL personnel participated in Train-the-Trainer programs both off-site as well as on-site, so 12 technical staff have been proficiency tested for NAHLN-directed surveillance. In addition, IT personnel have attended conferences and training programs that provided background for installation, configuration, and messaging testing for NAHLN applications. Personnel from the KSVDL participated in four Avian Influenza Emergency Response Exercises sponsored by the Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture, the Kansas Animal Health Department and the Kansas Department of Health & Environment. KSVDL personnel also conducted IT training for a Veterinary Technician training symposium at KSU. Further training for the Kansas Voluntary Veterinary Response Corps and the KSVDL occurred during the NAHLN HPAI Table Top Exercise, which was in collaboration with the Kansas Animal Health Department and the College of Veterinary Medicine. Finally, the KSVDL works closely with Extension on publications (Veterinary Quarterly, Diagnostic Insights), as well as veterinary and producer meetings throughout the State. All activities support NAHLN objectives to enhance capability, capacity and connectivity for high-consequence disease surveillance across our region and nation, which has direct application for animal owners/producers, veterinarians, regulatory agencies and public health officials.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period