The samples that could determine the fate of Kansas' economy come to a small backroom at the back of Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine at dusk and dawn, as they do at midday and midnight.
Jennifer Rogosch and Sarah Ochoa Sanchez, diagnostic technicians in the KSVDL's rabies virus laboratory, work on Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization, or FAVN, assays. Such tests are used to measure the number of antibodies an animal might have and how well-protected they are against the rabies virus.
Amy Burklund, laboratory administrator in the KSVDL's bacteriology laboratory, performs bacterial colony isolation for identification and susceptibility testing from a mixed urine culture from a dog.
