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Goat & Sheep Testing

WADDL is a nationally recognized, AAVLD accredited, full-service, veterinary testing laboratory.

Aquaculture Testing

We are one of the very few certified laboratories in the nation providing services to the fish sector of the aquaculture industry and performed over 26,000 aquatic health assays last year.

Construction Begins

The new facility will allow WADDL to continue to serve as a critical resource for the state, region, and nation.

Welcome to WADDL

WADDL's mission is to provide accurate, state-of-the-art, timely, and cost-effective diagnostic services, consultation, disease surveillance and outreach in order to safeguard animal health, the food supply and public health and to contribute to Washington State University and the College of Veterinary Medicine through discovery, scholarly activity, and education.

Fully accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)

Member of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN)

Member of the Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN)

WADDL News

07.19.2019
DEADLY RABBIT DISEASE CONFIRMED ON ORCAS ISLAND
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has confirmed a case of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) in a domestic rabbit on Orcas Island. RHD is a viral disease that causes sudden death in rabbits and can be spread through contact with infected rabbits, their meat or their fur, or materials coming in contact with them. On July 9, the Washington State Veterinarian's Office received a report of a dead domestic pet rabbit from a veterinarian clinic on Orcas Island. The veterinarian and the owner suspected possible RHD and contacted the State Veterinarian’s Office. The remains of the dead rabbit were sent to state and federal animal disease labs for testing. On July 18, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the disease.
WSDA
06.03.2019
WADDL’s state of the art facility on track to be completed in 2021

WSU CVM
05.13.2019
WSU begins elk hoof disease research facility construction
Construction began this week on the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s elk hoof disease research facility. Demolition of an existing structure on the Pullman campus will make way for the construction of the facility, estimated to cost $1.2 million when complete and to take up to a year to construct. The state of the art facility will house captive elk needed to study the disease in a secure, controlled environment.
WSU Insider
03.26.2019
AHFSL Phone Problems

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03.19.2019
The Silence of the Frogs
In the mid-1990s, investigators identified a mysterious and seemingly unstoppable killer. Its name? Chytrid. Its prey? Frogs. Since then, the disease has ravaged frog populations worldwide, and despite decades of research there’s still no cure.
Smithsonian