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- 2. Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory • Cooperative effort ̶ Utah Department of Agriculture and Food ̶ Utah State University • Laboratory assays & expertise to: ̶ Safeguard animal health ̶ Promote Utah’s animal agricultural economy ̶ Protect the public from zoonotic disease ̶ Advance veterinary medicine
- 3. Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory • Serves Utah’s: ̶ Animal owners, farmers & ranchers ̶ Veterinarians ̶ State & federal animal health regulatory agencies ̶ Department of Natural Resources ̶ Public health officials ̶ Law enforcement ̶ Utah State University
- 4. Service to Utah State University • School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) ̶ Faculty teach pathology courses ̶ Pathology residents teach SVM laboratories in surgery, histology, general pathology & systemic pathology ̶ Specimen source for pathology, clinical pathology & bacteriology courses • USU researchers ̶ Autopsy & histopathology of research animals ̶ Immunohistochemistry
- 6. National Animal Health Laboratory Network • NAHLN Level 2 Laboratory ̶ Allows official tests for foreign animal & emerging diseases o More rapid diagnostics o Increased capacity ̶ Vesicular stomatitis, Fall 2019 ̶ Suspect Foot & Mouth Disease, December 2019 ̶ Exotic Newcastle Disease, Summer 2019
- 7. 2019 UVDL Accessions • Case submissions: 11,274 • Laboratory assays: 103,514 Test type Number Bacteriology 3,531 Clinical Pathology 2,455 Immunohistochemistry 902 Molecular Diagnostics 28,019 Parasitology 929 Pathology 3,414 Serology 60,725 Toxicology 3,539
- 8. Personnel • Veterinary professionals (5.1 FTE) ̶ Pathologists (2.85) ̶ Toxicologist (0.55) ̶ Microbiologist/diagnostician (0.95) ̶ Epidemiologist (0.25) ̶ Poultry diagnostician (0.20) ̶ Virologist (0.30) • Support staff: (8.0 FTE)
- 10. UVDL Funding, 2015‐2019 $777 $818 $798 $777 $784 $471 $491 $473 $485 $474 $898 $1,020 $998 $1,261 $1,156 $400 $500 $600 $700 $800 $900 $1,000 $1,100 $1,200 $1,300 $1,400 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Thousands UDAF USU Fee‐for‐service
- 11. Operating costs, 2015‐2019 Operating costs, 2019 Expenditure Amount ($1000) Personnel $1,472 Facilities O&M $317 Equipment $249 Equipment maintenance $72 Operating $236 Laboratory supplies $372 Total $2,718 $2,250 $2,261 $2,430 $2,527 $2,718 $2,200 $2,400 $2,600 $2,800 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Thousands
- 12. The widening gap Year Public support ($1000) Fees‐for‐service ($1000) Expenditures ($1000) Balance ($1000) 2015 $1,248 $898 $2,250 ($104) 2016 $1,309 $1,020 $2,261 $68 2017 $1,271 $998 $2,430 ($161) 2018 $1,262 $1,261 $2,527 ($4) 2019 $1,258 $1,156 $2,718 ($304) Total ($505) • NAHLN funding (grant) & reserve funds from fee‐for‐service testing partially offset losses. • End FY 2020 in debt. Current deficit ($121,000)
- 13. Consequences • Increased user fees ̶ Fees meet or exceed those of other labs ̶ Higher costs to animal owners & veterinarians • Outsourcing of laboratory assays ̶ Higher costs ̶ Longer turnaround times • Two lost positions ̶ Chemist position closed already ̶ Pathologist position closes June 2020 • No new assays or technologies
- 14. Questions?