The ISU VDL Serology Laboratories perform in excess of 550,000 antibody assays per year.
Results from these assays are used to:
- Monitor herd health for day-to-day production companies
- Assure flock health for poultry companies
- Qualify animals for international sales
- Assist veterinarians in their diagnostic approaches for companion animals
- Build methods for continuous improvement of assay performance
- Facilitate business decisions in livestock enterprises
- Train veterinary students in assay interpretation
Our research and development team members:
- Collaborate with other universities and stakeholders
- Discover new specimens for detecting antibodies
- Validate of new veterinary assays or assay platforms
- Assist clients in sampling methods
- Provide technical support for the serologic assays
- Create new diagnostic approaches
- Develop improved methods for sample handling