Johne’s Disease Integrated Program (JDIP) - Dr. Vivek Kapur
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has been awarded a four-year, $4.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to support phase two of a major international effort aimed at promoting animal biosecurity and mitigating losses from Johne’s disease in livestock.
The Johne’s Disease Integrated Program (JDIP) -- a consortium of 170 scientists from more than 50 leading academic institutions, government agencies and industry organizations around the world -- is led by Vivek Kapur, head of Penn State’s Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences. [Read More]
