Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Defunct American research facility
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a defunct United States research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock located off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. Established in 1954 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory specialized in the study of highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and African swine fever virus. The facility's research contributions included several vaccines and treatments for both diseases. Scientific research activity at the facility ended in September 2025, relocating to the USDA National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas. The island is being remediated under the oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency; its future use remains contested. Isolated on Plum Island off the eastern tip of Long Island, the center was established in 1954 to protect America's livestock from animal diseases. It was the only facility in the country authorized to work...
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