Commissioner Steve Troxler recently recognized the dozens of employees who work in the Veterinary Division’s animal disease diagnostic laboratory in Raleigh. The employees received the NCDA&CS “Excellence in Team Accomplishment” award. In all, 62 employees in the lab received recognition for their teamwork, including Dr. Jim Trybus, DVM, DACVP, who is the director of the … Read more
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” The first documented case of equine infectious anemia in North Carolina since 2005 was confirmed recently in a 14-year-old female mule from Johnston County. The case was discovered through a routine blood test by the NCDA&CS Rollins … Read more
When we say that our avian pathologist wrote the book about his field of veterinary pathology, we mean it. When it comes to diagnosing problems in birds, ducks and other avian species, the book that pathologists reach for is Avian Histopathology. And it so happens that one of the authors of the latest edition is our very own … Read more
The mission of the N.C. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System is to assist veterinarians, the animal industry and state residents in diagnosing and responding to animal disease. Thanks to a new state-of-the-art instrument, the lab system will be able to fulfill that mission more quickly and accurately. The Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer, … Read more
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” In March, North Carolina voters approved the Connect NC bond package. The bond contained $94 million to help the department build a new laboratory complex to replace several aging labs: Veterinary, Food and Drug, Structural Pest & Pesticides, Standards and … Read more
Planning has begun for a new facility that would bring five NCDA&CS laboratories into one location, members of the N.C. Board of Agriculture were told at their April 14 meeting. The Connect NC bond package that voters approved in March contained $94 million for the new lab, which would replace the following five facilities: Veterinary Diagnostic, Food and Drug Protection, … Read more
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is proposing to construct a new co-located laboratory complex that would replace the following five labs: Veterinary Diagnostic, Food and Drug Protection, Structural Pest Control and Pesticides, Standards, and Motor Fuels. What are the regulatory duties of these labs? The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory provides tests required for … Read more
