Plum Island Animal Disease Center, the Glossary

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1. 90 relations: Aafia Siddiqui, African swine fever virus, Agricultural Research Service, Al-Qaeda, Anthrax, Audubon, Biological agent, Biological warfare, Biosafety level, Bloomberg News, Bluebird, Booz Allen Hamilton, Bureau of Animal Industry, CARES Act, Chemical Corps, Chuck Schumer, Classical swine fever, Cloven hoof, CNN, Cold War, Conspiracy theory, Contagious disease, Contiguous United States, COVID-19 pandemic, Dangerous goods, Darren Naish, Dentition, DHS Science and Technology Directorate, Disease vector, East Hampton, New York, Emergence (TV series), Fire department, Foot-and-mouth disease, Foreign animal disease, Fort Terry, Government Accountability Office, Hannibal Lecter, Hillary Clinton, Important Bird Area, Indiana vesiculovirus, Kestrel, Les Roberts (author), Livestock, Long Island, Lyme disease, Lyme, Connecticut, Manhattan, Kansas, Mass casualty incident, Medical test, Montauk Monster, ... Expand index (40 more) »

2. 1954 establishments in New York (state)
3. Animal disease control
4. Plum Island (New York)
5. United States biological weapons program

Aafia Siddiqui

Aafia Siddiqui (also spelled Afiya; عافیہ صدیقی; born 2 March 1972) is a Pakistani national who is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, United States for attempted murder and other felonies.

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African swine fever virus

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large, double-stranded DNA virus in the Asfarviridae family.

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Agricultural Research Service

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.

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Anthrax

Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

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Audubon

The National Audubon Society (Audubon) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats.

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Biological agent

Biological weapons are pathogens used as weapons.

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Biological warfare

Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war.

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Biosafety level

A biosafety level (BSL), or pathogen/protection level, is a set of biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed laboratory facility.

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.

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Bluebird

The bluebirds are a North American group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae).

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Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (informally Booz Allen) is the parent of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., an American government and military contractor, specializing in intelligence.

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Bureau of Animal Industry

President Chester A. Arthur signed the Animal Industry Act on May 29, 1884 creating the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), an organization that was established under the United States Department of Agriculture.

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CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, is a $2.2trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, in response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

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Chemical Corps

The Chemical Corps is the branch of the United States Army tasked with defending against and using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons.

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Chuck Schumer

Charles Ellis Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as Senate Majority Leader since 2021 and as a United States senator from New York since 1999.

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Classical swine fever

Classical swine fever (CSF) or hog cholera (also sometimes called pig plague based on the German word Schweinepest) is a highly contagious disease of swine (Old World and New World pigs).

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Cloven hoof

A cloven hoof, cleft hoof, divided hoof, or split hoof is a hoof split into two toes.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Conspiracy theory

A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy by powerful and sinister groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.

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Contagious disease

A contagious disease is an infectious disease that is readily spread (that is, communicated) by transmission of a pathogen through contact (direct or indirect) with an infected person.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Dangerous goods

Dangerous goods (DG), are substances that when transported are a risk to health, safety, property or the environment.

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Darren Naish

Darren William Naish (born 26 September 1975) is a British vertebrate palaeontologist, author and science communicator.

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Dentition

Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth.

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DHS Science and Technology Directorate

The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is a component within the United States Department of Homeland Security. Plum Island Animal Disease Center and DHS Science and Technology Directorate are united States Department of Homeland Security.

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Disease vector

In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen such as a parasite or microbe, to another living organism.

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East Hampton, New York

The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island.

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Emergence (TV series)

Emergence is an American mystery-themed thriller television series created by Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas for ABC Studios.

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Fire department

A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.

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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids.

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Foreign animal disease

A Foreign animal disease (FAD) is an animal disease or pest, whether terrestrial or aquatic, not known to exist in the United States or its territories.

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Fort Terry

Fort Terry was a coastal fortification on Plum Island, a small island just off Orient Point, New York, United States. Plum Island Animal Disease Center and fort Terry are Plum Island (New York).

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Government Accountability Office

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services for the United States Congress.

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Hannibal Lecter

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Indiana vesiculovirus

Indiana vesiculovirus, formerly Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSIV or VSV) is a virus in the family Rhabdoviridae; the well-known Rabies lyssavirus belongs to the same family.

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Kestrel

The term kestrel (from crécerelle, derivative from crécelle, i.e. ratchet) is the common name given to several species of predatory birds from the falcon genus Falco.

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Les Roberts (born July 18, 1937) is an American screenwriter and mystery novelist.

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Livestock

Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Long Island

Long Island is a populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area.

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Lyme disease

Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes.

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Lyme, Connecticut

Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States, situated on the eastern side of the Connecticut River.

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Manhattan, Kansas

Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, U.S., although the city extends into Pottawatomie County.

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Mass casualty incident

A mass casualty incident (often shortened to MCI) describes an incident in which emergency medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties.

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Medical test

A medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment.

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Montauk Monster

The "Montauk Monster" was an animal carcass that washed ashore on a beach near the business district of Montauk, New York, in July 2008.

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Montauk, New York

Montauk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, on the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island.

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Mount Dragon

Mount Dragon is a 1996 techno-thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), also known as the National Academies, is a congressionally chartered organization that serves as the collective scientific national academy of the United States.

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National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility

The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) is a biosafety level 4 research laboratory in Manhattan, Kansas, operated by the United States Department of Agriculture. Plum Island Animal Disease Center and National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility are united States Department of Homeland Security.

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National Labor Relations Board

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent agency of the federal government of the United States that enforces U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices.

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Nelson DeMille

Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, encompassing.

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Newsday

Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.

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Osprey

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.

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Paleozoology

Palaeozoology, also spelled as Paleozoology (Greek: παλαιόν, palaeon "old" and ζῷον, zoon "animal"), is the branch of paleontology, paleobiology, or zoology dealing with the recovery and identification of multicellular animal remains from geological (or even archeological) contexts, and the use of these fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric environments and ancient ecosystems.

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Pathogen

In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.

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Plum Island (New York)

Plum Island is an island in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York.

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Plum Island (novel)

Plum Island is a 1997 novel by American author Nelson DeMille. Plum Island Animal Disease Center and Plum Island (novel) are Plum Island (New York).

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Plum Island Animal Disease Center

Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock. Plum Island Animal Disease Center and Plum Island Animal Disease Center are 1954 establishments in New York (state), animal disease control, organizations established in 1954, Plum Island (New York), united States Department of Agriculture, united States Department of Homeland Security and united States biological weapons program.

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Plum Island Light

Plum Island Light is located on the western end of Plum Island, which lies in the Long Island Sound, east of Orient Point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Plum Island Animal Disease Center and Plum Island Light are Plum Island (New York).

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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

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Quadrupedalism

Quadrupedalism is a form of locomotion where animals have four legs are used to bear weight and move around.

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Raccoon

The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.

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Research and development

Research and development (R&D or R+D; also known in Europe as research and technological development or RTD) is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products and carrier science computer marketplace e-commerce, copy center and service maintenance troubleshooting software, hardware improving existing ones.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Scientist

A scientist is a person who researches to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

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Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs

The "Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs" was a speech delivered on November 25, 1969, by U.S. President Richard Nixon. Plum Island Animal Disease Center and Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs are united States biological weapons program.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Silence of the Lambs (film)

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel of the same name.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Tim Bishop

Timothy Howard Bishop (born June 1, 1950) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for from 2003 to 2015.

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Treasure

Treasure (from thesaurus from Greek θησαυρός thēsauros, "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States biological weapons program

The United States biological weapons program officially began in spring 1943 on orders from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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Veterinarian

A veterinarian (vet) is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine.

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Veterinary education

Veterinary education is the tertiary education of veterinarians.

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Water treatment

Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use.

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Whistleblowing

Whistleblowing (also whistle-blowing or whistle blowing) is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent.

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William Kidd

William Kidd (– 23 May 1701), also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

1954 establishments in New York (state)

• American Astronautical Society
• American Boat and Yacht Council
• American Mental Health Foundation
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• Canisius Golden Griffins baseball
• Captree State Park
• Children's Museum of Science and Technology
• Clinton Arena
• Composers Recordings, Inc.
• Dansk International Designs
• Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge
• Go For Wand Handicap
• Hofstra Pride men's soccer
• LIU Post
• Land of Makebelieve
• Lockport High School
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• McQuaid Jesuit High School
• Mego Corporation
• New York State Thruway
• North Shore Hebrew Academy
• Park Aerospace Corp
• Plum Island Animal Disease Center
• Sands Point Country Day School
• Savills North America
• ShoppingTown Mall
• Six Flags Darien Lake
• Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor
• Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School
• WAAL
• WGRZ
• WKNY-TV
• WNYT (TV)
• WPTZ
• WWNY-TV
• Worldvision Enterprises

Animal disease control

• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Aquatic Animal Health Code
• Feedback (pork industry)
• Mad cow crisis
• Marker vaccine
• Med-Vet-Net
• Moredun Research Institute
• National Animal Disease Information Service
• National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease
• OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Animal Influenza
• Plum Island Animal Disease Center
• Terrestrial Animal Health Code
• Trade Control and Expert System
• World Organisation for Animal Health

Plum Island (New York)

• Fort Terry
• Plum Island (New York)
• Plum Island (novel)
• Plum Island Animal Disease Center
• Plum Island Light

United States biological weapons program

• Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War
• Building 470
• Deseret Test Center
• Dugway Proving Ground
• Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
• Fort Detrick
• Granite Peak Installation
• Horn Island Chemical Warfare Service Quarantine Station
• National Biodefense Strategy
• One-Million-Liter Test Sphere
• Operation Big Buzz
• Operation Big Itch
• Operation Dew
• Operation Drop Kick
• Operation LAC
• Operation Magic Sword
• Operation May Day
• Operation Polka Dot
• Operation Sea-Spray
• Operation Whitecoat
• Pine Bluff Arsenal
• Plum Island Animal Disease Center
• Project 112
• Project Clear Vision
• Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs
• United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories
• United States biological defense program
• United States biological weapons program
• Vigo Ordnance Plant
• WS-124A Flying Cloud

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_Animal_Disease_Center

Also known as Building 101, Building 257, Lab 101, Lab 257, Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory, Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory, PIADC, Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center.

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