This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.Objective: Since 1986, the PDL Core has provided virological and serological analyses of nonhuman primate specimens. The lab continues to provide services to clinicians, researchers, and colony managers.Services include:+ Specialty lab testing and expert consultation services to public and private sector local, regional, national, and international research colonies, zoological collections, and veterinary laboratories and practices of all sizes + Methods and reagents validated, standardized, and controlled by in-laboratory studies and proficiency testing+ Maintenance of reference banks of characterized specimens+ All serological test results reviewed by personnel who are fully accredited by American Society for Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Field Services of the State of California+ Resource for development and maintenance of Specific Pathogen-free (SPF) colonies used for AIDS-related research program.+ Resource for field or epidemiological studies + Resource for laboratory baseline and monitoring of animals on research studies+ Resource for unusual or atypical diagnostic cases+ Staff committed to quality and client-oriented service+ Purpose is to facilitate laboratory needs of nonhuman primate clinicians and researchers
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