Ground broken for new animal-health diagnostic center at Cornell

Ithaca, N.Y. — Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine broke ground May 22 for the new New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC), an $80.5 million project expected to be completed in 2010.

The center is a partnership between the veterinary college and the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets.

The three-story, 125,000-square-foot building will house the state's only full-service multidisciplinary facility aimed at research, diagnosis and control of animal and zoonotic diseases.