DVR supports the NIH intramural research program by operating a central animal diagnostic laboratory that receives laboratory animals and specimens for evaluation. The Diagnostic & Research Services Branch of DVR provides, manages and evaluates a wide variety of scientific services to support the NIH intramural research program in the broad areas of veterinary pathology, animal health surveillance, and clinical microbiology.
Services include rodent animal health surveillance, bacteriology, serology, parasitology, contract PCR, necropsy, gross pathology and histopathology.
