Veterinary and Animal Science Research

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10/23/2017 Added

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Thanks to a new facility made possible by the Nebraska Legislature, the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center provides quick disease diagnosis and improved health for the state's animals and people.

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[00:00:02.221]Foot and mouth disease
[00:00:03.600]is a severe and highly contagious virus
[00:00:06.250]affecting cattle and swine.
[00:00:08.676]It could shut down the economy in Nebraska
[00:00:10.532]and surrounding states over night.
[00:00:12.531]Alan Doster says
[00:00:13.459]the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center
[00:00:15.984]is at the frontline of defense against a variety
[00:00:19.348]of threatening diseases.
[00:00:21.405]We diagnose animal diseases similar
[00:00:23.303]to what you diagnose in a hospital and that
[00:00:26.557]and many times it can involve a lot of animals,
[00:00:30.394]many thousands of animals,
[00:00:32.195]so it's very important for us to get a diagnosis
[00:00:34.573]out to the producer and the veterinarian
[00:00:36.178]that they can go ahead and treat.
[00:00:38.084]The $46 million facility
[00:00:40.180]at the University of Nebraska
[00:00:41.981]came together with the help of state law makers.
[00:00:45.709]We've got a lot of support
[00:00:46.985]from the Nebraska legislature,
[00:00:48.941]the Nebraska cattlemen,
[00:00:50.780]the various commodity groups.
[00:00:52.522]The Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association
[00:00:55.391]were very, very integral in pushing this building
[00:00:58.863]to the legislature and getting it past.
[00:01:01.489]Strict bio-security standards
[00:01:03.635]ensure safety
[00:01:05.315]and diagnostic and research labs
[00:01:07.200]are equipped with the latest tools for the job.
[00:01:10.726]For example, the multi TOFF technology
[00:01:13.164]identifies bacteria in minutes,
[00:01:15.890]a process that used to take 24 hours or longer.
[00:01:20.179]It can get results the same day
[00:01:21.720]to the client, let them know what they're dealing with.
[00:01:24.836]Animal science researchers
[00:01:26.054]at Nebraska benefit from the strength
[00:01:28.242]of the new center.
[00:01:30.129]The diagnostic is on the cutting edge,
[00:01:31.699]so many times then we see these new diseases
[00:01:34.325]way before the researchers do,
[00:01:36.685]so we can say hey, look, there's something funny here,
[00:01:39.688]give them the organism or the virus
[00:01:42.023]and turn around and let them work on it.
[00:01:44.398]The facility is also home
[00:01:45.909]to the next generation of veterinarians.
[00:01:49.197]This our classroom that we use every single day
[00:01:51.520]for pretty much all of our classes
[00:01:53.465]save for laboratory
[00:01:55.058]and the laboratory's fantastic too.
[00:01:57.683]We've got all new microscopes
[00:01:59.915]and it's just a great facility
[00:02:02.540]for what we need.
[00:02:04.473]The Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center
[00:02:06.835]plays a key role in protecting the health
[00:02:09.519]of animals and the state's largest economic sector.

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