Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock.It is a national laboratory of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate for Science and Technology (S&T), and operates as a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). [1]
Plum Island is the site of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), which was established by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1954. The Island is also the site of the former U.S. military installation Fort Terry (c. 1897), and the historic Plum Island Light (c. 1869), and its automated replacement.
The primary research tenants of the facility are the Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services (USDA-APHIS-VS). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Construction on the 574,000-square-foot (53,300 m 2 ) facility officially began in May 2015, and was scheduled to be completed by May 2021.
The only animal hospital on Palm Beach island is moving to a new home. Island Animal Hospital expects to open Nov. 4 in its new location at 285 Sunrise Ave. in a former Chase bank branch, said Dr ...
Exhibits and education about the ecosystem of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve Gumbo Limbo Nature Center: Boca Raton: Palm Beach: South: 20 acres of protected barrier island, operated by the City, includes saltwater tanks displaying different South Florida marine habitats, sea turtle rehabilitation center
He and veterinarian Paul Vickers operated an animal clinic on South Monroe Street, until Palmer opened Palmer Animal Hospital in an old home on six acres off Mahan Drive in 1961.
In Manbarra beliefs the Palm Island group were formed in the Dreamtime from the broken up fragments of an ancestral spirit, Rainbow Serpent. [6]Manbarra (also known as Wulgurukaba) is a language of the Palm Island region, which lies within the local government boundaries of the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council.
“This species represents the smallest known fossil member of the family Felidae to date,” the study says of the newly discovered cat.. The discovery points to a wide diversity of felines ...