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FADDL

LifeStock serves as the implementing partner for a program connecting the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL) with diagnostic and research institutions across the world. This program is being led by Dr. Bonto Faburay, DVM, MS, PhD, head of the FADDL Scientific Liaison Services. The program started in 2023 and is now in its third year of funded international projects, creating new information on TADS (transboundary animal diseases) for the global animal health community.

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Bonto Faburay, DVM, MS, PhD

Dr. Faburay is Section Head, Scientific Liaison Services (SLSS), Program Manager, Global Partnership for Animal and Zoonotic Disease Surveillance (GPAZDS), FADDL National Veterinary Services Laboratories, USDA APHIS Veterinary Services, National Bio- and Agro- Defense Facility, Manhattan, Kansas.

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Below are links to a few of these projects

Department of Livestock Services, THE GAMBIA

West Africa Livestock Innovation Centre, THE GAMBIA

Accra Veterinary Laboratory, Accra, GHANA

Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, CAMEROON

National Veterinary Research Institute, NIGERIA

Institute of Genomics and Global Health (IGH), Redeemer’s University, NIGERIA

Makerere University Central Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, UGANDA

College of Veterinary Medicine, Central Luzon State University, the PHILIPPINES

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

Laboratoire National de L’Elevage et de Recherche Vétérinaire, SENEGAL

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