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was constructed in 1960, following approval of construction by 

 the legislature in Chapter 262, Laws of Montana, 1959. VThile 

 located on the Montana State University campus, the lab is not 

 supervised by either MSU or Agricultural Experiment Station person- 

 nel. The Diagnostic Lab is rather a division of the Livestock 

 Sanitary Board and is under the control of that agency. 



The Diagnostic Laboratory is responsible for diagnosis of diseases 

 in cattle, horses, sheep, swine and poultry. Rabies tests are 

 conducted by the laboratory, which also considers methods of 

 disease prevention and control. Other tests conducted include 

 bacteriological and chemical analyses of meat, meat-food products, 

 milk and milk products collected by employees of the Dairy and 

 Milk Division and Meat Inspection Division of the Livestock San- 

 itary Board. 



Aside from samples of material collected by other divisions of the 

 agency, the Diagnostic Lab receives samples from veterinarians, 

 farm groups, and any citizen of the state. Private citizens re- 

 questing analyses are encouraged to send samples through an author- 

 ized state veterinarian. 



Funding for the Diagnostic Lab comes from the state general fund 

 and from a special tax levy on livestock. The historic and an- 

 ticipated use of these funds is shown below: 



TABLE 2 



SANITARY BOARD DIAGrfOSTIC LABORATORY 

 Summary of Program Expenditures and Funding 

 Fiscal Years 1968 through 1971 & 1973 Biennial Appropriation 



EXPENDED 



FISCAL YEAR 

 EMPLOYEES FULL-TIME 

 EQUIVALENT 



Personal Services 



Operation 



Capital 



APPROPRIATED 



1968 



1969 



1970 



1971 



1972 



1973 



12.00 



12.40 



12.21 



12.21 



13.00 



13.00 



$ 85,695 $ 92,862 $ 93,246 



24,769 27,482 27,804 



3,390 1,903 7,816 



$106,204 $116,756 $121,989 



32,223 32,300 33,850 



5,220 3,685 1,125 



Total Program $113,854 $122,247 $128,866 $143,647 $152,741 $156,964 



FUNDING DETAIL: 

 General Fund 

 Earmarked Revenue 

 Fund: 



Livestock Sani- 

 tary Board Ac- 

 count 



$ 70,170 $ 80,373 $ 58,611 $ 67,204 $ 92,741 $120,479 



43,684 



41,874 



70,255 



76,443 



60,000 



36,485 



Total Funding 



$113,854 $122,247 $128,866 $143,647 $152,741 $156,964 



