Commonground
Senior Moderator
February 14, 2025
Harrisburg, PA – Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced today that the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System (PADLS) will expand, adding a new location at Penn State University’s Beaver Campus in Monaca. Funded by a $6 million investment secured by Governor Josh Shapiro in the bipartisan 2024-25 budget, the expansion will increase Pennsylvania’s capacity to respond to animal disease outbreaks, speeding diagnoses for farmers in the western part of the state, lowering their business costs, and helping protect their animals and investments.
Governor Shapiro proposed an additional $2 million investment in his 2025-26 budget to support the new lab’s operations. The new lab will join the system’s three cutting-edge labs: the PA Department of Agriculture’s Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory in Harrisburg, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences’ Animal Diagnostic Laboratory in University Park, and the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Kennett Square.
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“Establishing a western animal health lab has been part of our long-term vision for decades. Today, that vision becomes reality, thanks to Gov. Shapiro’s leadership and continued investment in Pennsylvania agriculture. Pennsylvania’s food supply is safe and secure, due to swift, aggressive response to animal diseases like avian influenza,” Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said. “Having a world-class diagnostic laboratory system with cutting-edge technology and skilled scientists is crucial to a healthy food production system, preparation and our emergency response. Adding a fourth lab on the Penn State Beaver Campus that’s part of our nation-leading Land Grant University continues that tradition of excellence and strengthens our capacity to help feed the growth our western counties are seeing in animal agriculture. This expansion is further proof that investments by the Shapiro Administration are feeding Pennsylvania’s economic future and protecting our rich agricultural heritage.”
continued: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/new...oric-investment-to-expand-padls-with-new.html
Harrisburg, PA – Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced today that the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System (PADLS) will expand, adding a new location at Penn State University’s Beaver Campus in Monaca. Funded by a $6 million investment secured by Governor Josh Shapiro in the bipartisan 2024-25 budget, the expansion will increase Pennsylvania’s capacity to respond to animal disease outbreaks, speeding diagnoses for farmers in the western part of the state, lowering their business costs, and helping protect their animals and investments.
Governor Shapiro proposed an additional $2 million investment in his 2025-26 budget to support the new lab’s operations. The new lab will join the system’s three cutting-edge labs: the PA Department of Agriculture’s Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory in Harrisburg, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences’ Animal Diagnostic Laboratory in University Park, and the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Kennett Square.
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“Establishing a western animal health lab has been part of our long-term vision for decades. Today, that vision becomes reality, thanks to Gov. Shapiro’s leadership and continued investment in Pennsylvania agriculture. Pennsylvania’s food supply is safe and secure, due to swift, aggressive response to animal diseases like avian influenza,” Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said. “Having a world-class diagnostic laboratory system with cutting-edge technology and skilled scientists is crucial to a healthy food production system, preparation and our emergency response. Adding a fourth lab on the Penn State Beaver Campus that’s part of our nation-leading Land Grant University continues that tradition of excellence and strengthens our capacity to help feed the growth our western counties are seeing in animal agriculture. This expansion is further proof that investments by the Shapiro Administration are feeding Pennsylvania’s economic future and protecting our rich agricultural heritage.”
continued: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/new...oric-investment-to-expand-padls-with-new.html