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Lab in a Backpack	title lead_text background_image button_text button_link Lab in a Backpack Rapid and accurate diagnosis for the control and prevention of diseases in aquatic animals images/lab.png Learn more #video	header images content features Lab in a Backpack helps you make better decisions images/kid-square.png images/lab-square.png images/kid-square.png Lab in a Backpack is a workflow for rapid identification of aquaculture pathogens. Traditional methods are slow, expensive, and do not have enough resolution to precisely know what's killing the animals in your aquaculture farm. It can be hard to know the best way forward. Lab in a Backpack will help you identify aquaculture pathogens so you can make better decisions to protect your animals and your people. icon url content fas fa-bacteria /disease-management#identification #### Know your pathogen Lab in a Backpack can help you identify bacterial pathogens. Both at the species level and using MLST sequences. icon url content fas fa-medkit /disease-management#treatment #### Treat your animals Use data to guide antibiotic treatments. Prevent antibiotic overuse and reduce the risk of resistance. icon url content fas fa-shield-virus /disease-management#prevent #### Prevent future disease Learn the best preventive measures and support the development of locally produced autogenous vaccines. icon url content fas fa-procedures /disease-management#human-safety #### Human safety Detect and eliminate the risk of zoonotic and food-borne diseases before it reaches consumers.	heading content steps Lab in a Backpack's pipeline ## Three simple steps to better information If you already have DNA sequences in a FASTQ format you can use our online identification tool straight away. If not, don't worry, getting the DNA is easier and more cost-efficient than you might think. link_text icon class url content Get a collection kit fas fa-notes-medical disabled # ### Collect samples and gather information Gather some information about water quality, mortality, and signs of disease. Then use our or easy-to-use collection kits to obtain samples from diseased animals. link_text url icon class content Find a lab near you # fas fa-dna disabled ### Extract and sequence pathogen DNA Send the samples to a nearby lab where a trained operator will extract the DNA from pathogens in the sample and generate nanopore sequences. link_text icon url content Use our ID tool fas fa-laptop-medical /identify/ ### Use AquaLab in a Backpack's identification tool Answer a few questions in our cloud based tool to identify the pathogen based on the sequences. You'll get relevant clinical and epidemiological information.