The dedication and ribbon-cutting of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, recently was celebrated by officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Homeland Security-Science and Technology Directorate. The facility, which offers the greatest level of biocontainment laboratories and safety protocols, is the first of its kind in the United States. It will enable scientists to study and diagnose critical animal diseases.
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Personnel at the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility are taking every step possible to protect the United States from transboundary, emerging and zoonotic animal diseases. The facility is based in Manhattan, Kansas.
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