CVL, the National Veterinary Reference Laboratory, has the following objectives:

• Provide laboratory diagnostic services for animal health and veterinary public health.

• Conduct disease surveillance and monitoring programs.

• Ensure the quality and reliability of diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures by adhering to national and international standards and guidelines.

• Conduct epidemiological investigations to understand disease patterns, causes, and effects, and to control their spread and impact.

• Collaborate with national and international reference laboratories and institutions on laboratory diagnosis.

• Acquire, adopt, upgrade, and share diagnostic methods for livestock and poultry diseases to the laboratories working under CVL.

• Recommend on animal health policies and disease control programs to Department of Livestock Services (DLS) for effective disease control.

• Provide training in laboratory diagnostic for veterinarians and veterinary para-professionals.

• Provide technical support to strengthen veterinary laboratories at three tiers of government.