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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
We have a diverse workforce here at the NCDA&CS that focuses on consumer protection, food safety, agricultural marketing, accuracy of weights and measures, plant conservation, livestock protection … and more. Through our Faces in the Field series, we’ll talk to employees and provide a behind-the-scenes look at what they do to serve North Carolina. Dr. […]
The N.C. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System recently received full accreditation for a five-year period by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians after a review of the system’s labs was conducted in September. The lab system is comprised of Rollins Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Raleigh, Arden Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Fletcher, Elkin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory […]
Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “Community gardens a growing force for local food in Fayetteville,” Fayetteville Observer: Fayetteville is home to numerous grocery stores […]
Coast Guard reservist Philip Renshaw had been working as a laboratory assistant at the NCDA&CS Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory less than a month when the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drill exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last April. Within two days of the explosion, he was deployed to the Gulf to help with the […]