Leroy Coggins (1932–2013) was a

virologist Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host cells for reproduction, their ...

who developed tests for

African swine fever ''African swine fever virus'' (ASFV) is a large, double-stranded DNA virus in the '' Asfarviridae'' family. It is the causative agent of African swine fever (ASF). The virus causes a hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates in domestic pigs; ...

and

equine infectious anemia Equine infectious anemia or equine infectious anaemia (EIA), also known by horsemen as swamp fever, is a horse disease caused by a retrovirus (''Equine infectious anemia virus'') and transmitted by bloodsucking insects. The virus (''EIAV'') is en ...

. The latter is now known as the Coggins Test and a "negative Coggins" is commonly required when horses are sold or transported in the US. Originally from North Carolina, Coggins studied at

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and in 1962 he completed a

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's College of Veterinary Medicine. He went on to create the Coggins Test at Cornell, and it was approved for use in 1973. Coggins later became a department chair at the

North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine is an American educational institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United ...

References

1932 births 2013 deaths American virologists North Carolina State University faculty {{horse-stub