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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

10.29.2018
Elk Hunting Season: Decade of Decline
Hoof disease, hard winter of 2016 have taken toll on Mount St. Helens elk
The Columbian
10.12.2018
WSU breaks ground on $62M animal disease lab
The College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University, in Pullman, has started construction of a $61.9 million facility that will be occupied by the college’s Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. The laboratory will be located in a 62,000-square-foot new wing of the Paul G. Allen Center for Global Animal Health, says Charlie Powell, spokesman for the college.
Spokane Journal of Business
09.17.2018
Animal health breaks ground for $61.9 million building
The Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health broke ground on a new $61.9 million building Saturday. The addition will house the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostics Lab (WADDL).
The Daily Evergreen
09.17.2018
WSU breaks ground on $61.9 million building addition for animal disease lab
Work has begun on a $61.9 million building addition that will serve as the new home of the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, which plays a critical role in infectious disease monitoring, public health, food safety and the success of the state’s fish and livestock industries.
The Spokesman-Review
09.15.2018
WSU’s new WADDL facility to support animal and human health
Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine broke ground today on a new facility for the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL)
WSU Insider