Livestock & Pets

Companion animals and livestock enrich our lives in many ways. Keeping them healthy is not just something they deserve, it also helps protect humans from the transmission of disease.

By providing reduced-cost or free diagnostic services for companion animals and livestock, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture not only serves the needs of Tennessee aninal owners and veterinarians, but also allows monitoring of animals in close contact with people for possible emerging, zoonotic (diseases passed from animals to people) and anthroponotic (diseases passed from people to animals) infectious diseases and environmental toxins.

This function is in support of the increasingly important worldwide collaboration among public and animal health officials known as the One Health initiative. If you have any questions please call the C. E. Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory at (615) 837-5125.