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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 359314" data-attributes="member: 605">The National Agricultural Genotyping Center does assays and one of the initial reasons for starting the laboratory was Chronic Wasting Disease. However, the $50 million the George W. Bush Administration appropriated to CWD ran out in 2012. The National Agriculture Genotyping Center switched to mapping/sequencing of corn/grains. They are private not government and did it in little time. Right now they are working for apiary figuring out colony collapse disorder in bees. Other States wanted this lab. North Dakota had to compete for it. It's located in Fargo. I think a little grant money would go a long way at this facility. <a href="https://genotypingcenter.com/" target="_blank">https://genotypingcenter.com/</a><a href="https://farmflavor.com/north-dakota/north-dakota-technology/national-agricultural-genotyping-center-boosts-research-in-north-dakota" target="_blank">https://farmflavor.com/north-dakota/north-dakota-technology/national-agricultural-genotyping-center-boosts-research-in-north-dakota</a>The NAGC is also using a multiple testing strategy for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a neurological disease devastating wild deer populations. CWD testing presently involves examination of deer brain tissue under a microscope.“We’re developing an assay to test live deer, using blood or saliva samples,” O’Neil explains.And the final CWD test will go beyond disease identification. “There are genetic markers associated with the natural resistance or susceptibility to contracting CWD,” O’Neil says. “Along with the test to identify whether CWD is present, we’re also developing a molecular genetic test that allows us to say, ‘This animal has the susceptible trait,’ or ‘They have the resistant marker.’”Private deer farms could start using the dual-pronged test when it is available, and the test could benefit future CWD management in wild deer populations.</blockquote>

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