title: The role of diagnostic laboratories in disease control.
abstract: Recognition of disease is the foundation of disease control and prevention. In the process of disease recognition, the diagnostic laboratory forms the third (and last level) following the animal owner and the practitioner. The diagnostician's main role is determination of disease etiology. Secondary but equally important roles played by the diagnostic laboratory include: 1) consultative/advisory role; 2) interpretative role; and 3) disease surveillance role. This presentation will discuss these various roles and the interactions of the diagnostic laboratory with other players in the process of disease recognition.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA. jsaliki@okstate.edu
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Saliki
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D018563:Disease Notification; D014730:Veterinary Medicine