Plum Island Animal Disease Center

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Plum Island Animal Disease Center is a high-security U.S. federal research facility dedicated to studying and diagnosing foreign animal diseases that threaten livestock and agriculture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal facility
biosafety laboratory
research facility
accessPolicy restricted access
country United States of America
surface form: United States
employer federal scientists and veterinarians
fieldOfWork animal disease research
biosafety
epidemiology
veterinary medicine
virology
formerOperator United States Department of Agriculture
hasBiosafetyLevel BSL-3
BSL-3-Ag
inception 1954
locatedInBodyOfWater Long Island Sound
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New York
Northeastern United States
Suffolk County, New York
locatedOn Plum Island, New York
surface form: Plum Island
locatedOnAnIsland true
location Plum Island, New York
notableFor role in U.S. preparedness for animal disease emergencies
work on foot-and-mouth disease virus
opened 1954
operator United States Department of Homeland Security
ownedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf U.S. agricultural defense system
U.S. biosecurity infrastructure
plannedSuccessorFacility National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
purpose diagnosis of foreign animal diseases
protection of U.S. agriculture
protection of U.S. livestock
research on foreign animal diseases
reasonForIslandLocation containment of contagious animal pathogens
researchFocus countermeasures against foreign animal diseases
development of diagnostics for livestock diseases
early detection of animal disease outbreaks
securityClassification high-security
significantEvent transfer of operational control from USDA to DHS in 2003
studies African swine fever
classical swine fever
foot-and-mouth disease
foreign animal diseases
high-consequence livestock diseases
other transboundary animal diseases
vesicular stomatitis
successorFacilityLocation Manhattan, Kansas
transportRestriction no livestock allowed on or off without authorization

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Agricultural Research Service hasPart Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Plum Island hasPart Plum Island Animal Disease Center
this entity surface form: Plum Island Center