{"id":7366,"date":"2025-02-27T13:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/?page_id=7366"},"modified":"2025-02-27T13:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:37:48","slug":"vdl-processes-largest-single-day-cases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/vdl-processes-largest-single-day-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"VDL Processes Largest Single Day Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7358\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-47-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Diagnostics working on samples in the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-47-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-47-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-47-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-47-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-47-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 27, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Annually the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Iowa State University completes more than 127,000 cases.<\/p>\n<p>But in the almost 80 years of existence, the VDL has never had a day like yesterday (Wednesday, Feb. 26).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7360\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-7-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"Diagnostician working in veterinary diagnostic lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-7-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-7-1024x931.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-7-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-7-1536x1397.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/phase1-7-2048x1863.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>All told, VDL faculty, staff and students received, processed and evaluated 893 case accessions from samples of 9,344 unique patient IDs. All the same day testing was fully completed with results going out by 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great example of simply exemplary teamwork and competence in executing the VDL\u2019s core mission of providing a best-in-class veterinary diagnostic service from beginning to end,\u201d said Dr. Rodger Main, VDL director.<\/p>\n<p>A national leader in protecting animal and human health, the full-service laboratories at the VDL conducts more than 1.7 million tests annually.<\/p>\n<p>Fully accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, the VDL provides quality diagnostic services for animal species, including necropsy, bacteriology, serology, histopathology, virology, parasitology, molecular diagnostics, and toxicology as well as offering analytical services.<\/p>\n<p>Phase 1 of a new VDL was completed and opened in March 2024 with construction ongoing on Phase 2, which is scheduled to be completed in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7363\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/vdl1-1024x862.jpg\" alt=\"Diagnosticians working with samples in the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab\" width=\"1024\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vdl1-1024x862.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vdl1-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vdl1-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vdl1-1536x1293.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vdl1-2048x1723.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7366","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"site_sections":["VDL","VETMED"]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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