CEEZAD protects the nation's agricultural and public health sectors against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats.
The Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) at Kansas State University was established in 2010 to help protect the nation’s agricultural and public health sectors against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats. CEEZAD has four principal missions:
1.Development of novel, safe, efficacious and DIVA-compatible vaccines for prevention and control of high-impact emerging and zoonotic diseases that can be manufactured in the U.S.
2.Development and expansion of technologies and platforms for laboratory and point-of-need pathogen detection.
3.Development of models to predict high-consequence disease behavior in the U.S. to aid prevention or outbreak control.
4.Development of education and training programs for students, veterinarians, first responders and researchers in high-impact animal diseases and animal emergencies.
Major goals include:
1. Development of vaccines for Rift Valley Fever Virus, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and African swine fever.
2. Advancement of next-generation sequencing and multiplex detection technologies.
3. Development of novel epidemiologic decision tools and creation of workforce development programs to advance these goals.
