Mission:
The mission of the Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit (FADRU) is to protect the U.S. from foreign animal pathogens through the performance of basic and applied research. FADRU’s research comprises understanding viral genomics, disease pathogenesis and disease ecology and the application this knowledge to the rational development of effective countermeasures (e.g. biotherapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics) and implementation strategies for prevention, control and recovery from foreign animal diseases.