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DCPAH

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Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health

The Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health (DCPAH; pronounced dee-cee-paw) is a full-service veterinary diagnostic laboratory offering more than 800 tests in 11 service sections. In the more than 30 years since its inception, DCPAH has become one of the country's premier veterinary diagnostic laboratories, handling more than 220,000 cases involving approximately 1.5 million tests annually. DCPAH recently had a name change and is called Veterinary Diagnostic Lab.