Alan Loynachan, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVP, has been named interim director of the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, effective March 1. Craig Carter, DVM MS PhD Dipl. ACVPM FNAP and former director retired after almost 15 years at the helm.

At the UK VDL, Loynachan helped provide timely and accurate diagnostic pathology services for necropsy, biopsy and cytology cases submitted to the UK VDL. He also collaborated on equine infectious disease research projects, assisted with the training of graduate students and was a co-editor for the Equine Disease Quarterly. Loynachan was appointed associate director of the UK VDL in 2021.

Loynachan earned his DVM and PhD in microbiology from the Iowa State University. He is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Prior to joining UK in 2009, he was a faculty member at ISU.