Annual Report of the
Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Fiscal Year 1999

Office of
Agricultural Research Programs
Purdue

This is the nineteenth annual report of the activities of the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.

The Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL)  consists of the central ADDL at West Lafayette (ADDL-WL) and the southern branch of the ADDL at Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center.  The ADDL originated as an ancillary service of the testing laboratory for vaccines and antisera to be used for the prevention and control of Hog Cholera in Indiana in 1912.  Testing for Brucellosis (Bang's Disease) was added in the early 1930s.  The official ADDL was established in Section 1, Chapter 68 of the Acts of the Indiana Legislature of 1945.  The branch laboratory (ADDL-SIPAC) began in 1969 as a diagnostic laboratory to serve the poultry industry in southern Indiana.  Additional facilities at ADDL-SIPAC were completed in 1977 to provide mammalian diagnostic services.  Construction of the new ADDL-WL facilities began in 1989 and was completed and dedicated June 11, 1991.

The ADDL system is dedicated to reducing animal suffering, helping control the state's multi-million dollar losses from animal disease and parasites, reducing the threat of disease and poisonings common to animals and man, aiding in research, education, and diagnostic service in veterinary medicine, and assisting in ensuring a nutritious and disease free source of animal derived food and products to consumers.  The Laboratories'  objectives are to provide accurate and prompt diagnostic service to veterinary practitioners, animal producers, companion animal owners, wildlife conservationists, animal researchers, and state/federal regulatory officials.  Various sections of the ADDL system that work in concert to achieve these objectives include avian diseases, bacteriology, computer services, pathology, serology, toxicology and virology sections.  The ADDL is accredited as a full service, all species veterinary medical diagnostic laboratory by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.

ADDL-SIPAC is located between Ind. 56 and Ind. 164 in eastern Dubois County on the Southern Indiana Purdue Agriculture Center.  The ADDL-WL is located on the main campus of Purdue University adjacent to the School of Veterinary Medicine.  The primary clientele for the services of the ADDL are the livestock and poultry producers of the state as well as owners of companion animals, all of whom have benefited from the diagnostic services provided by the ADDL.  Accomplishments of the ADDL include assistance to producers in diagnosing and controlling disease problems, providing serological services required for sale, exhibition and exportation, and providing research assistance to evaluating previously and newly recognized animal diseases.

Directory of Personnel

University Administration

      Steven C. Beering, MD, President, Purdue University

      Vic Lechtenberg, PhD, Dean, School of Agriculture

      Randy Woodson, PhD, Director, Agricultural Research Programs

Laboratory Personnel

      Thacker, H.Leon, DVM, PhD (*ACVP), Director of ADDL

      VanAlstine, William G., DVM, PhD, (*ACVP) Veterinary Pathologist, Acting Director

      White, M. Randy, DVM, PhD, (*ACVP) Assistant Director of ADDL, Veterinary Pathologist

      Bryan, Tom F., DVM, MS, Co-Director ADDL-SIPAC, Avian Disease Diagnostician

      Murphy, Duane, DVM, PhD, Co-Director of ADDL-SIPAC, Veterinary Pathologist

      Bunning, Alan, B.S., Computer Systems Manager, Computer Services

      Crane, Karen, Supervisor, Serology Laboratory

      Everson, Robert J., PhD, Supervisor, Toxicology Laboratory

      Hanika, Christine, DVM, PhD, (*ACVP) Veterinary Pathologist

      Harrington, Dan D., DVM, PhD, (*ACVP) Veterinary Pathologist

      Hewitt, Jennifer, Assistant to Systems Manager, Computer Services

      Hooper, Tom A., BS, Virology, ADDL-SIPAC

      Hooser, Stephen B., DVM, PhD, (*ABVT) Chief of Toxicology

      Janovitz, Evan B., DVM, PhD, (*ACVP) Veterinary Pathologist

      Kanitz, Chuck L., DVM, PhD, Chief of Virology/Serology Services

      Lin, Tsang Long, DVM, PhD, Veterinary Pathologist

      McBee, Jim, Business Administrator

      Njaa, Brad, DVM, MVS, Veterinary Pathologist

      Samman, Janeice, HT (*ASCP), Supervisor, Histology Laboratory

      Schrader, Donna, BS, Avian Diagnostic Assistant

      Stevenson, Greg, DVM, PhD, (*ACVP) Veterinary Diagnostician and Consultant

      White, M.Randy, DVM, PhD, (*ACVP) , Veterinary Pathologist

      Wilson, Christine, BS, Assistant Chemist, Toxicology Laboratory

      Woodruff, Mary, MS, Supervisor, Virology Laboratory

      Wu, Ching Ching, DVM, PhD, Veterinary Microbiologist and Chief of Microbiology

      Yankovich, Linda, BA, MS, Assistant to the Director

Graduate Students**

                Lavun Anothayanontha                     Victoria Owiredu-Laast

                Toni Barnes                                          Marlon Rebelatto

                Laura Carter                                          Matt Renninger

                Melanie Greeley                                   Kaori Sakamoto

                Janice Lacey                                   

  *Specialty Board or College Certification

**Employed by ADDL in cooperation with the School of Veterinary Medicine