Department of Agriculture
Ken Givens, Commissioner
Kord Diagnostic Laboratory
The C. E. Kord Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory provides a variety of services in support of animal disease diagnosis and regulatory activities within the state of Tennessee. Veterinarians and animal owners may submit dead animals to the laboratory for examination. Additionally, tissues removed from live animals, such as surgical biopsies, are also submitted to the laboratory to define disease within the live animal.
The laboratory also provides essential services to Tennessee’s own companion animals. Companion animal diagnostic medicine serves as an important means of detecting and monitoring the incidence of zoonotic diseases (diseases transmissible from animals to humans). The availability of competent diagnosticians and staff to perform necropsies, tissue diagnosis, bacteriology and serologic examinations offers an important safeguard to prevent transmission of animal diseases to human beings.
Laboratory Use Guide [PDF]
Laboratory Use Guide [PDF]
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The Laboratory Director is Dr. Ed McKinley who may be reached at (615) 837-5125.
The USPS mailing address is: C.E. Kord Animal Disease Laboratory |
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