Center of Excellence in Livestock Diseases & Human Health

The Center of Excellence (COE) was created in 1984 to promote interdisciplinary activities designed to improve the quality of human life through better animal health; expand livestock disease research capabilities; identify and characterize animal diseases that are similar to human disease; and develop new strategies for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

The Center has developed several areas of research strength, including:

1. Infectious disease and immunology
2. Vector borne and zoonotic diseases
3. Regenerative and rehabilitative medicine
4. Translational models for animal and human disease

These areas are each highly interrelated, and the Center plays a critical role in developing these focused areas of strength in both the UTCVM and the Institute of Agriculture.​​

Our Mission

1. To promote interdisciplinary activities designed to improve the quality of human life
   through better animal health.
2. To expand livestock disease research capabilities.
3. To identify and characterize animal diseases that are similar to human disease.
4. To develop new strategies for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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