USA - Ohio State University to build agricultural lab

Construction of a new biosafety facility on the Wooster campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (O.A.R.D.C.) was approved by The Ohio State University Board of Trustees during its April 3 meeting. In addition to three biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) labs, the Plant and Animal Agrosecurity Research (P.A.A.R.) Facility will include two BSL-3 Ag isolation rooms, which are needed to work with large animals, such as cows and pigs. P.A.A.R. will be the only facility in Ohio and one of only five nationally with the capacity for both plant and animal research at these high safety levels, according to the university.