Welcome
Welcome to the University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL) Web Site. The VMDL is an interdisciplinary laboratory in the College of Veterinary Medicine whose faculty hold academic appointments in the Departments of Veterinary Pathobiology and Veterinary Medical Sciences. The Director is administratively responsible to the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine for the overall operation of the laboratory and its multiple missions of public service, teaching, research and continuing education/extension.
The laboratory is fully accredited as a full-service Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and member of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN). It provides in-depth laboratory diagnostic support to veterinary practitioners, livestock and poultry industry interests, companion animal interests, wildlife conservationists, scientists utilizing animals in their research throughout the university, state and regulatory officials, and clinicians of the MU Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The laboratory handles more than 200,000 specimens a year and serves Missouri's 114 counties and surrounding states by performing over 300,000 diagnostic tests annually.
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