Monday, November 23, 2009
Events
Updated September 3, 2009
The campus community is invited to attend the dedication of the new Diagnostic Medicine Center at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 11. The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building is located just north of the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at 300 West Drake Road.
Uniquely designed new building Colorado State University completed the uniquely designed, $42 million state-funded building in June. It houses the college’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the university’s Extension veterinarian, the Clinical Pathology Laboratory and the Animal Population Health Institute.
Free parking is available directly west of the new building.
Parking will be limited. Fifty spaces will be reserved in the lot west of the VTH for off-campus dignitaries and special guests. Overflow parking is available in lots east and north of the Diagnostic Medicine Center.
Guests at the event will include:
The 100,300-square-foot laboratory features a central atrium with abundant natural lighting and 88,000 square feet of modern laboratory and office space. The university broke ground on the new facility in December 2007.
The university’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory provides disease testing services to veterinarians and their clients, many state and federal agencies, livestock owners and pet owners. The laboratories diagnose ill animals, recommend further diagnostic strategies and monitor the health of animals across the state and region. In this capacity, the laboratories help detect and prevent diseases in animals and diseases affecting public health. In addition, education is provided to the next generation of veterinarians and laboratory diagnosticians.
The clinical pathology laboratory provides services such as blood, fluid and urine analysis and cytology to identify diseases and illnesses in animals that are brought to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital or to veterinarians in the region. The lab also educates veterinary students and residents.
The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which has been operating out of 15,000 square feet across several locations at the Veterinary Medical Center, processes about 500,000 diagnostic tests, including necropsies, each year. The building 
includes 2,000 square feet of biosecurity Level 3 laboratory space.
It also features abundant necropsy space and an additional 1,200 square feet of biosecurity Level 2 necropsy space. The veterinary diagnostic laboratory also is one of seven labs in the nation selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, and is a core laboratory of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network.
The Animal Population Health Institute encourages collaboration and information and expertise exchange in veterinary epidemiology among scientists at Colorado State, collaborating institutions and government agencies throughout the world.
The institute focuses on collaborative, multidisciplinary research to improve the health of animal populations, to prevent and control infectious and other important diseases of animals, and to contribute to national and international animal disease policymaking processes by providing a better understanding of disease epidemiology and pathogenesis.
The university's Extension veterinarian provides services and education to the state's animal owners to protect the health of animals and the economic viability of the state's animal-driven economy.
Contact: Dell Rae Moellenberg
E-mail: dellrae.moellenberg@colostate.edu
Phone: (970) 491-6009
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