2025 National Animal Disease Center Tour
Name:
2025 National Animal Disease Center Tour
Date:
March 31, 2025
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM CDT
Registration:
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Event Description:
Partnership Investors and Affiliates are invited for a rare and unique tour of the restricted access National Animal Disease Center (NADC) located right in Central Iowa. NADC's mission is to conduct basic and applied research on selected diseases of economic importance to the U.S. livestock and poultry industries which impact animal and public health, food safety, animal welfare, national and international economies and the overall environment.
The National Animal Disease Center, established by Congress in 1958, studies endemic disease of livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and others). Additionally, a few wildlife species (elk, white tailed deer, bison) that can harbor some livestock diseases (e.g., bovine tuberculosis, chronic wasting disease, brucellosis and others) are studied.
Disease studies include:
The USDA/ARS-National Animal Disease Center is one of three national USDA centers on the campus of the National Centers for Animal Health. The two others are the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (diagnostics) and the Center for Veterinary Biologics (regulator for vaccines and biologics). The National Animal Disease Center is the research arm of these three centers.
Schedule:
2:00 p.m. - Arrival
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. - Welcome & Center Overview
2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Tour
3:45 - 4:30 p.m. - Q&A with Center Director Mark Ackermann, DVM, PhD, DACVP
4:30 p.m. - Closing
The National Animal Disease Center, established by Congress in 1958, studies endemic disease of livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and others). Additionally, a few wildlife species (elk, white tailed deer, bison) that can harbor some livestock diseases (e.g., bovine tuberculosis, chronic wasting disease, brucellosis and others) are studied.
Disease studies include:
- Respiratory diseases of cattle and swine
- Mastitis
- Spirochetal diseases
- Johne’s disease
- Bovine tuberculosis
- Brucellosis
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in lactating dairy cows and swine
The USDA/ARS-National Animal Disease Center is one of three national USDA centers on the campus of the National Centers for Animal Health. The two others are the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (diagnostics) and the Center for Veterinary Biologics (regulator for vaccines and biologics). The National Animal Disease Center is the research arm of these three centers.
Schedule:
2:00 p.m. - Arrival
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. - Welcome & Center Overview
2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Tour
3:45 - 4:30 p.m. - Q&A with Center Director Mark Ackermann, DVM, PhD, DACVP
4:30 p.m. - Closing
