Volume V4 | April 2022

Laboratory Diagnosticians' News Matters

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AAVLD President's Message

Jeremiah T. Saliki, DVM, PhD, DACVM

The 2022 Government Relations Conference Update

Greetings everyone. I wanted to take a few moments to update AAVLD membership on major legislative initiatives based on our 2022 Government Relations Conference (GRC) meeting. For the third year in a row, the meetings again held virtually, as result of various government agencies not being cleared to host or participate in in-person meetings. Nevertheless, as in the past, AAVLD officials and interested members met with the following agencies: AVMA Government Relations Division DHS: Customs and Border Protection  DOJ: FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate USDA: APHIS:VS USDA: APHIS/Wildlife Services and DOI: USGS Wildlife Health Center USDA: NIFA Prior to the meetings, AAVLD Government Relations Committee and Executive Board has formulated a two-page legislative priorities documents with the following budget priorities: 1.      2022 Omnibus Bill: Support the Senate $5 million dollar plus up for NAHLN. 2.      2023 Appropriations: Support plus up for NAHLN to $35 million dollars. 3.      2023 Farm Bill: Include $10 million in mandatory funding for NAHLN annually with specific language that at least 70% be spent on operational support. 4.      The American Rescue Plan Act: Support $60 million dedicated to NAHLN for surveillance of SARSCoV-2 and other emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases. Highlights of the discussions at the meetings include the following: All agencies recognized and appreciated the role played by NAHLN Labs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The AVMA is ready to work with us on the 2023 Farm Bill to push our budget priority #3. There may also be an opportunity to work with AAVLD on legislation to address national minimum QA standards for all labs conducting animal diagnostic testing as well as to address use of NAHLN labs to address zoonotic disease emergencies. The USGS is seeking funding of $87M to replace the Wildlife Health Center lab in WI. Wildlife services, while ramping up AIV surveillance due to HPAI outbreak, has been conducting research on SARS CoV-2 in deer and found evidence in them of horizontal transmission between deer. The DOJ/ Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate is concerned about increased cybersecurity threats from foreign nations, the smuggling of biological materials, intellectual property theft, and internet commerce in poorly characterized/controlled vaccines. DHS/Customs and Border Protection is heightening their efforts to prevent the introduction of African swine fever in the US. At USDA/NIFA: o  the budget for the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program has been increased by $500K. It is noteworthy that 10% of yearly awards are targeted at type II public practice, which includes diagnostic laboratory positions. o  Veterinary Services Grant Program dedicates two-thirds of funding to extension grants, which have included training grants to NAHLN labs in the past. At USDA/APHIS: o  Spending of the $300M targeted at SARS-CoV-2 efforts in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) is still ongoing in the planning stages, but a strategic framework https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/aphis_general/arp-strategic-framework.pdf). AAVLD made the observation that NAHLN Labs see themselves playing a significant role in the implementation of several parts of the plan that could leverage SARS CoV-2 efforts to impact other zoonotic diseases. o  A One Health website (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/SA_One_Health) has been established to serve as a portal for further implementation of the strategic framework.  o  Heightened efforts to prevent introduction of ASF o  NAHLN budget will be flat in FY22. o  NAHLN is willing to work with AAVLD on: possible solutions to require all labs conducting animal diagnostic testing to meet minimum QA standards. ways to extend CLIA waivers to include the participation of NAHLN Labs in human testing during emergencies. development of a laboratory management workforce development pipeline.  For those who have participated in GRC meetings in the past, one important aspect we have missed in the last three years is the one-on-one meetings with legislators or their staffers on Capitol Hill. In my view, these have been a very effective means for us to communicate to several representatives and senators at the same time about NAHLN funding priorities and other agriculture-related matters. We count on your engagement with federal legislators at the local level to impress upon them the importance of adequate funding for the NAHLN. The two-pager we have developed will come handy during such engagements. It is spring time and I hope we can all take the time off our busy schedules to enjoy the beautiful weather. I look forward to seeing most of you in Minneapolis in October. Jerry Saliki 2022 AAVLD President

The American Rescue Plan and VDLs

Bruce Akey, BS, MS, DVM Patrick G. Halbur, DVM, MS, PhD

As mentioned previously in our report from the (virtual) AAVLD/USAHA Government Relations meeting in March, $300 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding has been designated specifically for SARS CoV-2 surveillance in animals. The Strategic Framework (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/aphis_general/arp-strategic-framework.pdf) to direct how those funds will be invested has been finalized, and we expect USDA APHIS to come forward with requests for proposals soon. We have been made aware that those funds will likely not be used for capital projects/infrastructure needs in VDLs.  We have recently been made aware that the states were also provided funding for “ARP Coronavirus Capital Projects to support pandemic recovery, foster equity and provide lasting infrastructure investments”. Qualifying projects must invest in capital assets designated to directly enable work, education and health monitoring; address a critical need that resulted from or was made apparent /exacerbated by COVID; and address a critical need for the community it is designed to serve. It is possible that this could be a good source of funding for capital/infrastructure projects for some VDLs. We encourage VDL leaders to contact their respective Governor’s offices and inquire about the availability and use of these funds.  Pat Halbur and Bruce Akey Cochairs AAVLD Government Relations Committee

Call for Abstracts and Award Applications: 65th Annual AAVLD Meeting October 6-12, 2022 Minneapolis, Minnesota   Submission opens April 1st & closes May 31st

It is with hard to believe the annual meeting is just a little more than 6 months away. It was great to see many of you in-person in Denver last year and we are planning a similar hybrid format for the annual meeting this year in Minneapolis. All presenters, whether planning to attend in-person or remotely, will submit an electronic recording of their presentation that can be viewed by remote participants. As an added value, these presentations will be available for viewing on-demand by all meeting attendees until December 1st so there is no need to worry if you want to see two presentations that are scheduled at the same time. The theme for the plenary session is “Technological Advances in Veterinary Diagnostics: What’s Here and What’s on the Horizon?” This session will include talks by experienced scientists in the fields of digital pathology, microbiology, toxicology, and bioinformatics. Please watch for more information on our plenary speakers and meeting details in upcoming newsletters and on our meeting website at aavld.org.  We count on you to further enrich the scientific program through the submission of your abstracts on cutting-edge diagnostic science. According to meeting feedback surveys, the quality of presentations in the Scientific Oral and Poster Sessions is the single most important reason for attending the AAVLD Annual Meeting. There are few other venues where veterinary laboratory scientists can present and share information across so many disciplines and learn from experts in other peer laboratories. Now is the time to start preparing your abstracts as the submission portal opens on April 1st. Please visit the meeting website at aavld.org and review the many travel and presentation awards that you, your students, or staff may wish to apply for. If applicable, please also consider submitting a manuscript or brief communication based upon your oral or poster presentation to the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (JVDI), the official journal of the AAVLD.

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AAVLD Labs in the News

These grants will allow CVMDL researchers to amp up their ability to sequence emerging pathogens providing invaluable information about potential outbreaks and test the efficacy of a detection tool for African swine fever.

Researchers at the CVMDL will work to establish if an array for detecting African swine fever could help prevent the disease from establishing in the US and spreading in other areas. (Pixabay)

Through a pair of new grants, the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (CVMDL) will expand its capacity to detect emergent pathogens in animals and prepare for potential outbreaks of known harmful pathogens. The total funding is $660,000 from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN). The CVMDL is at the Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources. Director of the CVMDL Dr. Guillermo Risatti will serve as the PI on these projects. The COVID-19 pandemic heightened public awareness of zoonotic diseases as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, closely resembles other coronaviruses found in bats in China. Zoonotic diseases, caused by coronaviruses or rabies virus, can pass from animals to humans. One grant will allow CVMDL to enhance their capacity for genetically sequencing pathogens causing diseases in domestic and wild animals. The CVMDL performs postmortem diagnostic examinations on a variety of animals from farm animals to family pets, to wild animals. When the CVMDL staff receive an animal that fits the description for a suspected case of an emergent and/or foreign animal diseases, they immediately use tests established by NAHLN to rule out a host of known diseases. If the disease appears to be something new, or at least new to the United States, the CVMDL has a limited in-house capability to produce a whole genome sequence of the emergent pathogen. This level of information on the pathogen would allow scientists to better understand how it functions in the host animal and its relationship to known pathogens. Additionally, if the pathogen becomes a large enough threat, genomic data can aid in vaccine development efforts. This new funding from the NAHLN-APHIS program will allow the CVMDL to purchase equipment necessary to develop this capacity in-house. They will also develop and implement an easy-to-use bioinformatics analysis pipeline to comprehensively and rapidly analyze the pathogens once they are sequenced. Previously, the CVMDL collaborated with Dr. Dong-Hun Lee’s lab to complete a genomic analysis of rabies viruses in bats found in Connecticut. This initial effort will serve as a platform for broader advancements in the characterization of new pathogens. In a separate grant from NAHLN and National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP), the CVMDL in collaboration with Dr. Tridib Rajkhowa at the College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, India, will evaluate a commercially available pen-side tests for detecting African swine fever viruses in domestic pigs in India. African swine fever is a highly contagious and deadly disease for pigs. While the virus has not demonstrated the ability to transfer to humans, it has caused significant pig losses around the world in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, Russia, China, Mongolia, Korea, Southeast Asia, and most recently, the Dominican Republic. This effort aims to assess the performance of available diagnostic tests for detecting African swine fever virus in naturally infected animals. Ultimately these tests can be used to help keep the virus from establishing in U.S. pig populations and spreading in Asia. The virus is considered endemic in the State of Mizoram, India where the researchers will conduct their studies. The research team will collect samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic pigs as well as pigs that died during suspected African swine fever outbreaks. Using portable instruments, the researchers will first extract nucleic acid from nasal and blood samples obtained from pigs. Another instrument will amplify the virus DNA that will provide a clear reading of whether the animal has the disease or not. The researchers will then compare the results from the field tests with the NAHLN test used in the U.S. to evaluate the accuracy of the assays. If the assay is a good indicator of the presence of African swine fever, its use will bolster the United States’ ability to rapidly and accurately detect the presence of African swine fever virus and accelerate response and containment efforts in the event of an outbreak. website article

Tifton VDL to Host APHL Summer Fellows

The Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory's (TVDIL) was approved to serve as a host laboratory for the Summer 2022 Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)- Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) fellowship program. Three research projects were approved to host up to 3 Infectious Disease Laboratory Fellows that could join between July 18 – August 29, 2022. The Infectious Diseases Laboratory (ID) Fellowship trains and prepares scientists for careers in public health laboratories and supports public health initiatives related to infectious diseases. The fellowship's mission is to provide a high-quality training experience for the fellow while providing workforce capacity to the public health laboratory community. All APHL member state, local and territorial public health laboratories as well as non-federal environmental, chemical, agricultural, veterinary, and food safety laboratories were eligible to apply to host APHL fellows.    Congratulations Tifton VDL and Director Naikare!

Promotion and Tenure News from Tifton VDIL

Dr. Hemant K. Naikare, Director of the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia was promoted to Full Professor and awarded tenure effective July 1, 2022. Dr. Naikare is the Director of the Tifton VDIL.   Congratulations Professor Naikare!

AAVLD Members Contribute to New Biosecurity Textbook

The Covid pandemic highlighted significant gaps in global and national biosecurity, as well as the need for comprehensive resources to assist in training our next generation of biosecurity responders, researchers, educators, and health experts.   Tactical Sciences for Biosecurity in Animal and Plant Systems is designed to illustrate the scientific principles behind the tactics that are applied to achieve biosecurity and highlight the interoperability of these tactics in animal and plant systems. The book explores basic economic concepts that drive global biosecurity policies and covers important topics such as the genetic processes that facilitate pathogen emergence, risk analysis for movements of pests and pathogens, tactics for safeguarding agricultural and environmental biosecurity before and after entry points, surveillance systems for early detection of high-consequence pests and pathogens, deployment of diagnostic tools, emergency response and recovery tactics, and microbial forensics. Drs. Bruce Akey and Akhilesh Ramachandran are co-authors on a chapter entitled “Training, Tests, and Tech: Deployment of Diagnostic Tools for Biosecurity”. In addition to describing the diagnostic test development and methodologies, the chapter also discusses critical components such as diagnostic laboratory infrastructure, diagnostic laboratory funding, and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN). The book highlights several opportunities to enhance global biosecurity, including technology (data science, modelling, and risk analysis; surveillance, detection, and diagnostics; and pest and disease management), networking/cooperation/engagement, standardization, and education and capacity development (i.e., the human resource pipeline). Tactical Sciences for Biosecurity in Animal and Plant Systems was published by IGI Global, Hershey, PA and edited by Drs. Kitty Cardwell (Director, Institute of Biosecurity and Microbial Forensics at Oklahoma State University) and Keith Bailey (Senior Pathologist, Charles River Laboratories and past-President, AAVLD).

Keith L. Bailey, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Worth Quoting

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ~Albert Einstein If we don't end war, war will end us. ~H. G. Wells There was never a good war, or a bad peace. ~Benjamin Franklin Source: BrainyQuote

JVDI news

The 33rd year of JVDI was successful – we published our full allotment of 1,200 pages, which included 177 items: 4 reviews, 54 full scientific reports, 95 brief reports, 2 commentaries, 3 editorials, and 2 special issues (Next-generation sequencing, Laboratory data enhancement – 19 articles). As a precursor to going on-line-only in January 2022, we published our first full-issue cover-to-cover PDF in November 2021. As described in our November editorial (Maxie G, et al. JVDI goes green: online-only publication for AAVLD members as of January 2022. J Vet Diagn Invest 2021; 33:1035-1038 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10406387211050758 ), the decision to go online-only is in line with the trend in industry practices – we thereby reduce the number of trees harvested, reduce manufacturing chemicals, use less water, and use less energy to produce or ship print copies. Email alerts will be sent to members by the AAVLD office when each bimonthly issue of JVDI is published, with a reminder email one month later. Access to full articles is a member benefit that is available by entry through the AAVLD website www.aavld.org – otherwise, access to full articles is embargoed to non-members and non-subscribers for 12 months after publication. We also encourage everyone interested in immediate notification of our publications to sign up with SAGE, our JVDI publisher, for email alerts of individual articles as they are published on OnlineFirst, which occurs in the months preceding the publication of the compiled bimonthly Journal. Please see the editorial for details. We look forward to member feedback on the evolution of the Journal.

JVDI goes green: online-only publication for AAVLD members as of January 2022

Grant Maxie, DVM, PhD, DACVP

As of our January 2022 issue, JVDI joins the evolution of scholarly journal publishing by going online-only for AAVLD members – for full details, see our November 2021 editorial. 84% of respondents to our 2021 member communications survey were in favor of online-only publication of the Journal. Environmental benefits include: no consumption of ink and paper; no mailing wrappers (which resolves the issue of plastic versus paper); no mail deliveries; and no waste, recyclable or not, generated. These changes will also lead to some cost savings for AAVLD, allowing us to keep membership dues as low as possible. The transition to electronic publishing is happening worldwide and fits with the rest of our fully electronic publication process—from submission, through reviewing, revising, editing, proofing, and compiling. The AAVLD office will send members an email notification of the Table of Contents of each bi-monthly issue of JVDI. Full articles are embargoed and accessible only to subscribers (including AAVLD members and libraries) for 12 mo following publication; members will sign-in to the AAVLD website to access full articles. Effective November 2021, a full-issue, cover-to-cover PDF of the Journal will be available to all subscribers. As with a magazine or newspaper, the PDF can be scrolled through, or a topic selected and found by a word search. If you would you like to receive immediate notification of online publication of new articles (OnlineFirst) and electronic Tables of Contents (eTOCs) from SAGE, be sure to sign up for journal alerts on the JVDI website! https://journals.sagepub.com/home/vdi

ATTENTION: Vendors Serving Veterinary Diagnostic Labs and the Animal Health Industry

2022 AAVLD Hybrid Trade Show During the AAVLD/USAHA Annual Meeting 2022 Minneapolis October 8-9, 2022 Onsite in Minneapolis and Virtual We hope to see you there.  For details contact our meeting planner Kaylin Taylor kaylin@taylormadeeventco.com

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JVDI in Focus

JVDI in Focus   Our April focus is an article in JVDI’s upcoming May issue: “Bovine coronavirus in the lower respiratory tract of cattle with respiratory disease” by Michael C. Rahe, Drew R. Magstadt, Jennifer Groeltz-Thrush, Phillip C. Gauger, Jianqiang Zhang, Kent J. Schwartz, Christopher L. Siepker.   J Vet Diagn Invest 2022;34(3). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10406387221078583   Abstract. Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) is a known cause of enteric disease in cattle; however, its role in bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is poorly understood, with a dearth of evidence of the detection of the virus in respiratory tract lesions. We coupled histologic evaluation of tracheal and lower airway tissues from 104 calves with BRD in which BCoV was detected in the lungs via PCR followed by direct detection of BCoV by immunohistochemistry and an RNA in situ hybridization assay (ISH; RNAscope technology). RNAscope ISH detected BCoV in respiratory epithelium in more cases than did IHC. Using both methods of direct detection, tracheal epithelial attenuation and identification of the virus within lesions were observed commonly. Our results confirm a role of BCoV in respiratory tract infection and pathology, and show that the virus likely plays a role in the development of BRD.

Figures 1–5. Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) in the lung of cattle with respiratory disease. Figure 1. Multifocal, intracytoplasmic immunolabeling within bronchial epithelium. Immunohistochemistry (IHC). Figures 2,

3. Detection of BCoV by IHC (Fig. 2) and in situ hybridization (ISH; Fig. 3) in sloughed epithelium within the lumens of bronchi. Figure 4. Intraluminal detection of BCoV nucleic acid (arrows) within cells in an artery. ISH. Figure 5. Strong ISH labeling of intra-alveolar cellular debris.   JVDI News  We encourage all authors to link your ORCID iD to your ScholarOne account using the following steps. NOTE: If your article is accepted, your ORCID iD will accompany your name in the published article only if your accounts are linked (otherwise, your name will appear without the ORCID icon, and your iD information will not be listed at the end of your article). 1)  Log in to the JVDI submission site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jvdi 2)  Click your name at the top-right corner of the page 3)  In the drop-down menu select Email/Name 4)  Under the ORCID section, you will find two links: Create an ORCID iD and Associate your existing ORCID iD —If you already have an ORCID ID, select “Associate your existing ORCID iD” 5)  You will be directed to the ORCID site login page where you will need to log in using your ORCID account credentials —If you have selected to create an account on the ORCID site, click “Register Now” 6)  After logging in, you will be automatically redirected to the ScholarOne submission site where it will show a prompt with the following text: You can update this account with data from your ORCID iD record that is not marked as Private. Name and e-mail fields will be imported to your account. Note: this will overwrite existing data. Would you like to update your account now? 7)  To complete the process, click OK to UPDATE the journal’s ScholarOne Manuscripts site. Click Cancel to return to ScholarOne Manuscripts without updating the data. 8)  Proceed to the User ID & Password step and click Finish to be sure that your account information is properly saved. PDF

AAVLD Announcements

2022 Meeting Announcement

The organizing committee for the 20th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Animal Health Laboratorians Network/Réseau Canadien des Travailleurs des Laboratoires de Santé Animale (CAHLN/RCTLSA) is pleased to announce that we are jointly hosting our conference with the Canadian Association of Veterinary Pathologists (CAVP). The meeting is not organized to provide virtual attendance. Meeting dates: CAVP – May 29, 2022; CAHLN/RCTLSA – May 30 – June 1, 2022 Meeting location: Hilton Whistler Resort and Spa, Whistler, BC CAVP: The meeting is devoted to anatomic pathology. A special presentation by Dr. Craig Litwin, forensic pathologist at the Royal Columbian Hospital will follow the morning break. Case reports and student presentations in the afternoon.  CAHLN/RCTLSA: Theme: Partnerships in Health: Sharing Knowledge, Taking Action Morning plenary presentations will address Covid-19, Salmonella spp and avian influenza. Scientific reports and student presentations in the afternoon.  Students: Awards for best oral and poster presentations. Call for abstracts (deadline March 15): Request guidelines at CAHLN2022@gmail.com Sponsors & attendees: Sponsorship packages and attendee registration packages can be requested at CAHLN2022@gmail.com Attendee 2022 registration packages also available at www.cahln-rctlsa.com Contact Ann.P.Britton@gov.bc.ca or CAHLN2022@gmail.com for more information

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AAVLD New Member Benefit MC l LMS is now here!

Take a look, the MC l LMS is now here! AAVLD has brought you a new membership benefit that is sure to peek your interest. The MC l LMS is a Learning Management System. The MC l LMS will keep certification and training materials in one place. Members can view training videos, scientific presentations and much more. AAVLD is offering the current packages to AAVLD members as a membership benefit. Some of the MC l LMS features: Single-Sign-On (SSO) with Oasis Content Upload and Management Customized Certificates Continuing Education Tracking Group-based Permissions Progress and Usage Reporting View annual meeting materials now! Recordings of Scientific Sessions Proceeding's booklet (abstracts) Plenary Speaker lectures from the 2020 meeting All are available to AAVLD members at no cost. To access this feature, go to www.aavld.org -> Login -> Resources -> CE Resources and Archives

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2023 Renewals are due by November 15! 'Membership is January to December'

AAVLD membership is open to any individual interested in the disciplines and activities of veterinary diagnostic laboratories. Membership terms are by calendar year (January-December) and membership dues are payable by November 15th of the preceding year (to ensure inclusion in the annual membership directory, eligibility for committee involvement, and receipt of all six issues of the JVDI). Note: In order to receive a discounted rate for the Annual Meeting registration, you are required to be a current AAVLD Member.

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2022 Committee Appointments

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If you wish to serve on a particular committee in 2022, contact the committee chairs now and express your interest. Thank you! Committee Dashboard: Click here

AAVLD & News Worthy Events

Up and Coming! Executive Board Meeting August 10, 2022 (Virtually) AAVLD/USAHA Hybrid Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, October 6-12, 2022 (Due to the uncertainty with Covid-19, there may be updates to the details of the meeting.)

Do you have ideas to improve the AAVLD annual meeting? Contact David Zeman dzeman@aavld.org Would you like to sponsor an event? Contact Kaylin Taylor kaylin@taylormadeeventco.com Would like to make a year-end donation to the AAVLD Foundation?  Make your donation today! What ever your contribution to the AAVLD mission, we need you!   AAVLD Events page

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