National Animal Disease Center Tour

This is a unique opportunity to tour the National Center of Animal Health Campus (NCAH). The Campus houses the National Animal Disease Center (USDA’s largest animal disease research laboratory), National Veterinary Services Laboratories (USDA’s diagnostic laboratories) and the Center for Veterinary Biologics (USDA’s center for evaluating and regulating diagnostic test kits, vaccines and other biologics). NCAH is nearing completion of a modernization project that began in 1998.  The tour will include visiting the new (completed in 2009) state of the art, 545,803 sq. ft. combined laboratory facility, animal housing units (field barns, low containment, and high containment) and the BSL-3 laboratory housing the Mycobacteria/Brucella laboratories. For more information about the NCAH make-over please visit the NCAH website.

Participants must complete and submit a Visitor Information Worksheet by July 15 to participate in the tour.  Please fax the form to 1-612-625-5755. Outside the US, include 0011 at the beginning.

August 14
Cost $75.00
(Minimum 20; maximum 50)

700  Leave Minneapolis on bus with a stop at Cabela's for one hour 

1200  Arrive in Ames at the lab
Catered lunch in the new lab building

1300 Center Directors for NADC and VS talks

1330  Tours of the Combined Laboratory Facility (main lab building), Brucellosis/TB lab building, Building 7 (BSL-2 barn), Field barns, and potentially Building 9 (BSL-3 containment barn)

1600  Wrap-up of tour; leave Ames

1900 Arrive back in Minneapolis at hotel/dorms