If Manhattan already has the Biosecurity Research Institute (BSL-3) facility, why do we need the NBAF?
NBAF and BRI will be complementary facilities. BRI is a 113,000 square foot facility that studies pathogens and pests that threaten the nation’s animal and plant-based agricultural systems. It is the only research facility that integrates plant pathology, food safety, entomology, veterinary medicine, and molecular biology. As a BSL-4 facility, NBAF will take the research of BRI a step further. It will be a livestock capable laboratory that will work on developing countermeasures for emerging zoonotic and animal diseases such, as avian flu, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome, and Nipah and Hendra viruses. The NBAF mission includes the development of vaccine countermeasures for foreign animal diseases and development of advanced test and evaluation capabilities.
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