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BRI provides tools to accelerate research and help protect agriculture economy
In: Animal Health|Food Supply|KSU|Livestock|Manhattan|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research
16 Aug 2010Check out this article to learn more about why Manhattan and K-State were chosen for NBAF. Here are a couple of highlights: Porcine circovirus associated diseases cost pig producers around the world hundreds of millions of dollars each year… “That’s why Kansas State University virologists Dick Hesse and Bob Rowland have been working to create [...]
The NBAF: safeguarding our food supply
In: Federal Research Lab|Food Supply|Livestock|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research|Veterinary Medicine
6 Aug 2010Even more imminent than the threat of a rogue nuclear attack in the next five years is the threat of an attack by biological weapons, according to the World at Risk report issued late last year by former senators Bob Graham of Florida and Jim Talent of Missouri. This is a view reinforced by numerous [...]
Manhattan Mercury: Director hopes NBAF can help improve tests
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2 Jul 2010Earlier this week the Director of the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, discussed the advantages of having the NBAF in Manhattan. Here’s the article: “William “Bill” White, director of the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, said he [...]
Another step in the research process for the BRI and the NBAF
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9 Jun 2010In case you missed it the exciting announcement last week about K-State’s Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI), check out this article from Capital Press Agriculture. The article discusses the steps the BRI had to go through to receive permission to do research, how the research will speed up response times in case of a biological attack, [...]
Washington Post editorial: The forgotten threat
In: DHS|Federal Research Lab|Food Supply|Livestock|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research
1 Jun 2010The following editorial appeared in the Washington Post recently. It highlights the need for research labs like the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in order to protect our nation’s food supply from terrorists. “THREE THOUSAND people were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. More than 300,000 could be dead within one week after a [...]
Abilene veterinarian expresses support for NBAF site
In: Animal Health|Livestock|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Veterinary Medicine
26 Jan 2010Dr. Steve Henry, a veterinarian from Abilene, KS, had an article published in The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle discussing the benefits of accurate testing and diagnosis in animals. Here are a couple of excerpts… “When it comes to animal disease outbreaks, Steve Henry, a practicing veterinarian from Abilene, knows from long experience that speed and accuracy in [...]
NBAF in Kansas
Kansas State University has been selected as the future home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) — once
again highlighting the state’s deep agricultural heritage, bioscience expertise, research infrastructure, world-class animal
health industry, and strong public support.
The $650 million research facility will provide the country with an urgently needed, state-of-the-art lab to protect the food supply and agriculture economy. Kansas is exceptionally well suited to accelerate the achievement of this mission.
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- The NBAF: Playing a key role in Kansas City’s future
- Partnering the NBAF with the Biosecurity Research Institute
- A quick fact about the NBAF
- Securing the NBAF
- KBA applauds Congressional funding of the NBAF facility
- Kansas: Leading the way in bioscience
- Biosecurity Research Institute and the NBAF
- Goals of the NBAF
- Kansas: a long-term commitment to food safety
- The NBAF a priority for DHS budget