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ARS Animal Health Research Laboratories

The USDA's Agricultural Research Service has more than 100 laboratories nationwide and several overseas.

The index below lists specific research topics at laboratories with at least part of their research program dedicated to health issues of agricultural animals. Complete contact information for each laboratory is provided after the index.



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Cattle
Ames-BDL
Ames-FSED
Ames-PDC
Ames-RDL
Ames-VPDL
Balboa
Beltsville-GBL
Beltsville-IDRL
Beltsville-PBESL
Booneville
Brooksville
Clay Center - AHS
Clay Center - GBR
Gainesville
Kerrville-CBRU
Kerrville-LIRL
Laramie
Lincoln
Logan
Lubbock
Madison
Miles City
Orient Pt./Plum Island-FMD
Pullman
West Lafayette
Fish
Auburn
Beltsville-PBESL
Pine Bluff
Stoneville
Stuttgart
Poultry
Ames-FSED
Ames-RDL
Athens
Beltsville-GBL
Beltsville-IDRL
Beltsville-PBESL
East Lansing
Fayetteville
Mississippi State
Sheep
Ames-VPDL
Beltsville-PBESL
Clay Center - GBR
Dubois
Logan
Orient Pt./Plum Island-FMD
Pullman
Swine
Ames-BDL
Ames-FSED
Ames-RDL
Ames-VPDL
Beltsville-IDRL
Beltsville-PBESL
Clay Center - BER
Clay Center - GBR
Clay Center - NR
Lubbock
Orient Pt./Plum Island-ASF
Wildlife/Other
Ames-BDL
Ames-VPDL
Beltsville-PBESL
Kerrville-LIRL
Laramie
Logan
Orient Pt./Plum Island-FMD
Pullman


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African swine fever
Orient Pt./Plum Island-ASF
Anaplasmosis
Pullman
Ascariasis
Beltsville-IDRL
Ascites
Fayetteville
Mississippi State
Aquaculture
Auburn
Pine Bluff
Stoneville
Stuttgart
Aujeszky's disease
Ames-VPDL
Avian leukosis
East Lansing
Avian influenza
Athens
Avian leukosis
East Lansing
Babesiosis
Pullman
Behavior
Dubois
West Lafayette
Bluetongue
Laramie
Bone problems
Ames-PDC
Fayetteville
Bortdetella
Ames-RDL
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Ames-VPDL
Brucellosis
Ames-BDL
Cattle fever
Kerrville-CFTRL
Chlamydiosis
Ames-RDL
Chronic wasting disease
Ames-VPDL
Coccidiosis
Beltsville-IDRL
Beltsville-PBESL
Colibacillosis
Ames-FSED
Cryptosporidium
Beltsville-IDRL
Diagnostic test development
Ames-BDL
Ames-FSED
Ames-RDL
Ames-VPDL
Athens
Auburn
Beltsville-IDRL
Pullman
Diarrhea
Ames-FSED
Clay Center - AHS
Dysentery
Ames-FSED
Endocrinology
Ames-PDC
Fly
Gainesville
Kerrville-LIRL
Laramie
Foot and mouth disease
Orient Pt./Plum Island-FMD
Forage
Brooksville
Madison
Miles City
Fowlpox
East Lansing
Fungal diseases
Ames-RDL
Lubbock
Genetic disease resistance
Beltsville-IDRL
Clay Center - GBR
Herpesvirus
Ames-VPDL
Pullman
Immunology
Ames-FSED
Ames-PDC
Ames-RDL
Beltsville-GBL
Beltsville-IDRL
Fayetteville
Lubbock
Insect vector
Balboa
Gainesville
Kerrville-LIRL
Laramie
Lincoln
Pullman
Intestinal strength
Fayetteville
Johne's disease
Ames-BDL
Leptospirosis
Ames-BDL
Lyme disease
Beltsville-PBESL
Malignant catarrhal fever
Pullman
Marek's disease
East Lansing
Mastitis
Ames-PDC
Beltsville-IDRL
Metabolism
Ames-PDC
Microbial genome
Beltsville-IDRL
Milk fever
Ames-PDC
Mosquito
Gainesville
Mucosal immunity
Ames-PDC
Ames-RDL
Beltsville-IDRL
Mycoplasma
Ames-BDL
Ames-RDL
Mississippi State
Nematode
Beltsville-PBESL
Beltsville-IDRL
Neosporosis
Beltsville-IDRL
Beltsville-PBESL
Newscastle disease
Athens
Nutrition
Ames-PDC
Auburn
Beltsville-GBL
Booneville
Brooksville
Clay Center - NR
Dubois
Madison
Miles City
Mississippi State
Pine Bluff
Stuttgart
Parasite
Athens
Auburn
Beltsville-IDRL
Beltsville-PBESL
Kerrville-LIRL
Lincoln
Pullman
Paratuberculosis
Ames-BDL
Pasteurellosis
Ames-RDL
Ames-VPDL
Piroplasmosis
Pullman
Pneumonia
Ames-RDL
Lubbock
Poisonous plants and effects
Ames-PDC
Booneville
Logan
Miles City
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
Ames-VPDL
Poultry enteritis
Athens
Pseudorabies
Ames-VPDL
Quarantine facilities
Laramie
Orient Pt./Plum Island-FMD
Reproductive ailment
Ames-PDC
Brooksville
Clay Center - GBR
Dubois
Stoneville
Salmonella enteritidis
Ames-FSED
Athens
Scrapie
Ames-VPDL
Pullman
Screwworm
Balboa
Lincoln
Silage
Madison
Streptococcus
Auburn
Stress, environmental
Brooksville
Clay Center - BER
Lubbock
West Lafayette
Swine influenza
Ames-VPDL
Systematics
Beltsville-PBESL
Tick
Beltsville-PBESL
Kerrville-CFTRL
Kerrville-LIRL
Pullman
Toxoplasmosis
Beltsville-IDRL
Beltsville-PBESL
Trichinella
Beltsville-IDRL
Beltsville-PBESL
Tuberculosis
Ames-BDL
Vaccine development
Ames-FSED
Ames-BDL
Ames-RDL
Ames-VPDL
Athens
Auburn
Beltsville-IDRL
Vesicular stomatitis
Laramie
Orient Pt./Plum Island-FMD
Virology
Ames-VPDL
Clay Center - AHS
Fayetteville
Orient Pt./Plum Island-ASF
Orient Pt./Plum Island-FMD
Pullman
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Laboratory Listing by City

AMES, IOWA

NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER
Ames, IA 50010
(515) 663-7200
Director: Ronald Horst (acting)

RESEARCH UNITS

NADC - Bacterial Diseases of Livestock
Phone: (515) 663-7325
Fax: (515) 663-7458
Research Leader: Mitch Palmer (acting)

NADC - Periparturient Diseases of Cattle
Phone: (515) 663-7312
Fax: (515) 663-7669
Research Leader: Ronald Horst

NADC - Pre-Harvest Food Safety and Enteric Diseases
Phone: (515) 663-7291
Fax: (515) 663-7458
Research Leader: Mark Rasmussen

NADC - Respiratory Diseases of Livestock
Phone: (515) 663-7534
Fax: (515) 663-7458
Research Leader:

NADC - Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock
Phone: (515) 663-7254
Fax: (515) 663-7458
Research Leader: Marcus Kehrli


ATHENS, GEORGIA

Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory
934 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30605
Phone: (706) 546-3434
Fax: (706) 546-3161
Research Leader: David Swayne


AUBURN, ALABAMA

Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit
990 Wire Road
P.O. Box 952
Auburn, AL 36831-0952
Phone: (334) 887-3741
Fax: (334) 887-2983
Research Leader: Phillip Klesius


BALBOA, PANAMA

Screwworm Research
USDA-ARS-SPA/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Bldg 401, Roosevelt Ave. Balboa, Ancon
Republica de Panama
Phone: 011 (507) 212-8067
Fax: 011 (507) 212-8129
Research Leader: Steven Skoda


BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND

ANIMAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE INSTITUTE
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - East
10300 Baltimore Blvd
Beltsville, MD 20705
Phone: (301) 504-8431
Fax: (301) 504-8553
Director: Thomas Sexton

RESEARCH UNITS

ANRI - Growth Biology Laboratory
Phone: (301) 504-8222
Fax: (301) 504-8623
Research Leader: John McMurtry

ANRI - Bovine Functional Genomics
Phone: (301) 504-8342
Fax: (301) 504-8414
Research Leader: Louis Gasbarre

ANRI - Animal Improvement Program
Phone: (301) 504-8334
Fax: (301) 504-8092
Research Leader: H. Duane Norman

ANRI - Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory
Phone: (301) 504-8300
Fax: (301) 504-6273
Research Leader: Mark C. Jenkins
National Parasite Collection
Phone: (301) 504-8588
Fax: (301) 504-8979
Curator: Eric Hoberg


BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS

Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center
6883 South State Highway 23
Booneville, AR 72927-9214
Phone: (501) 675-3834
Fax: (501) 675-2940
Research Leader: David Brauer


BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA

Subtropical Agricultural Research Station
Beef Cattle Research Unit
22271 Chinsegut Hill Road
Brooksville, FL 34601
Phone: (352) 796-3385
Fax: (352) 796-2930
Research Leader: Samuel Coleman


CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA

ROMAN L. HRUSKA U.S. MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER
PO Box 166
Clay Center, NE 68933-0166
Phone: (402) 762-4110
Fax: (402) 762-4111
Director: Larry Cundiff (acting)

RESEARCH UNITS

MARC - Animal Health Research Unit
Phone: (402) 762-4180
Fax: (402) 762-4375
Research Leader: William Laegreid

MARC - Biological Engineering Research
Phone: (402) 762-4274
Fax: (402) 762-4273
Research Leader: John Nienaber

MARC - Nutrition Research
Phone: (402) 762-4205
Fax: (402) 762-4209
Research Leader: Calvin Ferrell

MARC - Molecular Genetics Research
Phone: (402) 762-4254
Fax: (402) 762-4155
Research Leader: G. L. Bennett

MARC - Reproduction Research
Phone: (402) 762-4192
Fax: (402) 762-4382
Research Leader: Jeffrey Vallet


DUBOIS, IDAHO

U.S. Sheep Experiment Station
HC 62, Box 2010
Dubois, ID 83423
Phone: (208) 374-5306
Fax: (208) 374-5582
Research Leader: Gregory S. Lewis


EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN

Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory
3606 East Mount Hope Road
East Lansing, MI 48823-5338
Phone: (517) 337-6828
Fax: (517) 337-6776
Research Leader: Aly Fadly


FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS

Poultry Production and Product Safety Research
O-303 POSC Center
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: (501) 575-2654
Fax: (501) 575-4202
Research Leader: Ann Donoghue


GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

CENTER FOR MEDICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY
Mosquito and Fly Research
PO Box 14565
Gainesville, FL 32604
Phone: (352) 374-5930
Fax: (352) 374-5922
Acting Research Leader: Kenneth J. Linthicum (acting)


KERRVILLE, TEXAS

KNIPLING-BUSHLAND U.S. LIVESTOCK INSECTS RESEARCH LABORATORY
U.S. Livestock Insects Research Unit
2700 Fredericksburg Road
Kerrville, TX 78028-9184
Phone: (830) 792-0303
Fax: (830) 792-0302
Director: John George


LARAMIE, WYOMING

Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory
PO Box 3965, University Station
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071-3965
Phone: (307) 766-3609
Fax: (307) 766-3500
Research Leader: Richard T. Mayer


LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

Midwest Livestock Insects Research
305 Plant Industry, East Campus
University of Nebraska
Lincon, NE 68583
Phone: (402) 437-5267
Fax: (402) 437-5260
Research Leader: David Taylor


LOGAN, UTAH

Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory
1150 East 1400 North
Logan, UT 84341
Phone: (435) 752-2941
Fax: (435) 753-5861
Research Leader: Lynn James


LUBBOCK, TEXAS

Livestock Issues Research Unit
123B Animal Science Building
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-2141
Phone: (806) 742-2826
Fax: (806) 742-2335
Research Leader: Jeffrey Carroll


MADISON, WISCONSIN

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center
1925 Linden Drive West
Madison, WI 53706-1108
Phone: (608) 890-0050
Fax: (608) 890-0076
Center Director: Neal Martin


MILES CITY, MONTANA

Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory
243 Fort Keogh Road
Miles City, MT 59301-4016
Phone: (406) 874-8200
Fax: (406) 874-8289
Research Leader: Rod Heitschmidt


MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI

Poultry Research Unit
PO Box 5367
Mississippi State, MS 39762-5367
Phone: (662) 320-7478
Fax: (662) 320-7589
Research Leader: Scott Branton


ORIENT POINT/PLUM ISLAND, NEW YORK

PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER
P.O. Box 848
Greenport, LI, NY 11944-0848
Phone: (631) 323-2500
Fax: (631) 323-2507
Interim Director: Vacant

RESEARCH UNIT

PIADC - Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit
Research Leader: Luis Rodriguez


PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS

Aquaculture Systems Research Unit
Box 4912
1200 N. University
Pine Bluff, AR 71611
Phone: (870) 543-8128
Fax: (870) 543-8116
Research Leader: Bart Green


PULLMAN, WASHINGTON

Animal Disease Research Unit
PO Box 647030
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-7030
Phone: (509) 335-6022
Fax: (509) 335-8328
Research Leader: Donald Knowles


STONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

Catfish Genetics Research Unit
Experiment Station Road
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3597
Fax: (662) 686-3567
Research Leader: Geoffrey Waldbieser


STUTTGART, ARKANSAS

Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center
P.O. Box 860
Stuttgart, AR 72160-0860
Phone: (870) 673-4483
Fax: (870) 673-7710
Center Director: Donald Freeman


WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA

Livestock Behavior Research Unit
Room 216, Poultry Building
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: (765) 496-7750
Fax: (765) 496-1993
Research Leader: Donald C. Lay, Jr.

ARS National Program Staff

5601 Sunnyside Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705

Steven M. Kappes, Deputy Adminstrator
Animal Production and Protection
Phone: (301) 504-5084
Fax: (301) 504-7302

Cyril Gay, National Program Leader
Animal Health
Phone: (301) 504-4786
Fax: (301) 504-4873

Dan Strickman, National Program Leader
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Phone: (301) 504-5771
Fax: (301) 504-4873

Lewis Smith, National Program Leader
Aquaculture and Animal Well-Being
Phone: (301) 504-5925
Fax: (301) 504-4873

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