Objective:
In FY-90 Congress provided $78,100 with an additional $346,500 in FY91 to establish an Animal Health Consortium for development and transfer of animal health and production technology to commercial companies. AHC was incorporated as a subdivision of the BRDC in FY91. AHC will support animal health care research.

Approach:
Assume responsibility to assure the grant funds are used to support animal health care research to develop technologically more efficient bioproduction systems capable of producing greater diversity of useful products. Initial programs will focus on animal health care to develop technology and/or product opportunities that have the potential to improve animal health and production efficiency in swine, dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep and poultry. This includes therapeutics used in animal health and biologicals for a diagnosis and prevention of disease in production and companion animals. AHC will be designed to foster private sector/federal laboratory/academic cooperative research. 11/92 changed agreement # from 59-32U4-7-119; start/term dates 9/15/87 9/14/92; and PI from K.D.Murrell to R.L.Dunkle; award date was 01/16/91. 2/98 continued agmt # 59-3K95-3-126; Start/Term Dates changed from 10/01/92 09/30/97; Award Date 10/22/92; Agmt # changed to 59-3601-8-303; Start/Term Dates 10/1/97 9/30/02; Award date 2/10/98; PI A.D. Hewings. New AD-416/417 replacing 0500-00030-003-01G.