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Microscopy and Microbes at Plum Island: Protecting America's Livestock

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Thomas G. Burrage
Thomas G. Burrage*
Affiliation:
Plum Island Animal Disease Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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[email protected]

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Plum Island Animal Disease Center, located on a small island off the coast of Long Island's North Fork, has been clouded in mystery and misinformation for years. Often the topic of conspiracy theorists, this secret place has generated many myths—from aliens to anthrax and pink eels to secret submarines. But the truth of the center's mission is far less colorful yet far more crucial to the state of the nation's agriculture.

In June 2003, operational responsibility for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) transferred from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and PIADC became the core of the DHS effort to protect US livestock from foreign animal disease agents.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , November 2005 , pp. 16 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2005

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