Large animal ruminant This facility has 12 stalls with animal movement corridors located in the front and back of the stalls. A cattle-working building equipped with squeeze chutes and a hydraulic lift is located next to the stalls. Small animal ruminant This building has room for 25 raised-floor pens capable of housing animals up to 400 pounds. The building also has a technique room. In addition, this facility will house 24 300-gallon tanks, an algae and food production lab, and an in vitro egg propagation and spawning lab.
All tanks are flow through and are supplied with dechlorinated municipal water or well water.
The rooms are grouped in three locations. Research isolation building This building is composed of six rooms with each room sandwiched by a clean and dirty corridor. Four of the six rooms are used for poultry research. This facility has six rooms that are accessed from a central corridor by passing through two changing shower rooms. This facility has biosafety level 2 capability.