Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory – Able to Detect UK Variant of COVID-19 Virus | Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Geoffrey Lossie, avian diagnostician and clinical assistant professor, is a pathologist involved in receiving samples sent to the ADDL. The primary transport containers are disinfected and the samples are prepared to be taken to the Molecular Diagnostic Section of the facility for testing. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood) Innovators at Purdue’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) have used their expertise to make the on-campus testing facility one of the only labs in Indiana actively looking for and able to detect the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus. This ability, comb...