Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA

USDA Research at the
Plum Island Animal Disease Center

Why is our Plum Island work important to you?

Aerial view of Plum Island At the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has an important job.

We work to protect farm animals, farmers and ranchers, the nation's farm economy and export markets... and your food supply.

Plum Island is located off the northeastern tip of New York's Long Island. USDA activities at Plum Island are carried out by scientists and veterinarians with the department's Agricultural Research Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

We're proud of our role as America's first line of defense against foreign animal diseases.

We're equally proud of our safety record. Not once in our nearly 50 years of operation has an animal pathogen escaped from the island.

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Please note:
Land, buildings and other facilities of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center were transferred to the Department of Homeland Security in June 2003.

USDA is continuing its traditional mission of research and diagnostic programs at the center.

Site updated June 26, 2003

USDA Research at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center

USDA Research at the
Plum Island Animal Disease Center