Veterinary Diagnostic Testing Center (VDTC) was established in March 2018, selected as the Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS). VDTC is the first laboratory from agricultural science research institutes, that has obtained qualifications of good clinical practice (GCP) as well as China Metrology Accreditation (CMA). VDTC serves as a Biosafety Level 2 Laboratory (BSL-2) and is qualified for African Swine Fever (ASF) inspection. As an independent third-party testing agency, it offers a range of diagnostic tests and services. Based on the technology advantages of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine and adhering to the service tenet of “Integrity, science, accuracy and efficiency”, VDTC carries out the diagnosis and testing of swine, poultry, cattle, sheep, rabbit and other livestock and poultry epidemic diseases, as well as safety tests and efficiency tests of veterinary biologics, etc.

VDTC consists of a molecular biology diagnostic laboratory, a bacterial diagnostic laboratory, a virus diagnostic laboratory and a serological diagnostic laboratory, etc., equipped with advanced instruments for pathogeny, serology, molecular biology and physical and chemical detection. It has the capacity to carry out the independent diagnosis of various animal epidemics, antigen and antibody detection, drug sensitivity test, pathogen isolation and identification, etc., to provide scientific, accurate, fair and impartial test results for the clients.

Service Content:

1. Diagnosis, detection and identification of swine, poultry, cattle, sheep, rabbit and other animal epidemics and difficult diseases;

2. Detection of African swine fever (authorized by Jiangsu Provincial Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control);

3. Effect evaluation of livestock and poultry vaccines and monitoring of antibody levels;

4. Help breeding enterprises (households) to develop scientific and effective epidemic prevention, control and purification plans;

5. Guide breeding enterprises (households) in medication, disinfection, and biosafety;

6. Provide technical consultation, outpatient service and technical training for breeding enterprises (households);

7. Provide vocational skills training for veterinary practitioners on clinical diagnosis and laboratory testing of animal epidemics;

8. Provide one-stop, customized veterinary technical services for breeding enterprises (households);

9. Undertake the epidemic surveillance tasks of government departments, industry associations, etc.;

10. Organize domestic and foreign industry experts to hold knowledge lectures and technical training and build a communication platform for livestock and poultry breeding, epidemic prevention and control and related industrial chain.

Technical Service:

VDTC has carried out extensive foreign technology services, provided veterinary technical services to more than 500 farms and farmers in the province so far, and improved the direct economic benefits of related breeding enterprises by more than 50 million yuan through the implementation of science and technology projects and the promotion of epidemic prevention and control technologies. It has conducted more than 100 breeding technology training and lectures in various places of the province, trained over 8,000 trainees, and made a lot of contributions to promoting the development of breeding in the province and the increase of farmers income, receiving wide praise in the industry inside and outside the province.

Research Highlights:

Our recent work, published in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents (IF 10.8), investigates the effects of exogenous NO on PCV2 replication in vitro and provides a new potential antiviral therapy against PCV2 infection.