The BSI-MAS is a microbial identification
service in the laboratory of Professor Joseph Kloepper.
The service has been in operation since 1991 and
is performed by John McInroy.
The Fescue Diagnostic Laboratory was implemented
in 1983 to serve the needs of Alabama cattle producers
who needed to have pastures and seed of tall fescue
tested for the presence of the endophyte which causes
"fescue toxicosis" in cattle.