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 a high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats. CEEZAD has four principal missions:
- 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.
- Development and expansion of technologies and platforms for laboratory and point-of-need pathogen detection.
- Development of models to predict high-consequence disease behavior in the U.S. to aid prevention or outbreak control.
- Development of education and training programs for students, veterinarians, first responders, and researchers in high-impact animal diseases and animal emergencies.
CEEZAD Highlights
Friday, December 20, 2024
Richt to lead study investigating troubling swine disease virus
A Kansas State University distinguished professor is working to address the emerging threat that Japanese encephalitis virus, a zoonotic pathogen, poses to U.S. swine health.
K-State's Jürgen A. Richt is one of six researchers to receive funding from the Swine Health Information Center and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research for the Japanese Encephalitis Virus Research Program. A total of $1.3 million has been awarded to six projects to enhance the United States' prevention, preparedness, mitigation and response capabilities for Japanese encephalitis virus, or JEV.
Richt to lead study investigating troubling swine disease virus
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying
Scientists believe it was roughly a year ago that an influenza virus sickening and killing birds happened upon a new and surprisingly hospitable host in the Texas Panhandle — dairy cattle.
Bird flu H5N1 outbreak in cattle.
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
CEEZAD Director elected to National Academy of Medicine
The Director of the Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD, www.ceezad.org) and the Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID; https://www.k-state.edu/cezid/) has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the premier organization of scientists working in health-related fields. He is the first faculty member to be elected to the NAM while at K-State.
Dr. Juergen A. Richt, Regents and University Distinguished Professor at Kansas State University and director of CEEZAD and CEZID, was one of 100 new members elected by a vote of current members and announced by the NAM this week.
Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024
CEEZAD director's research published in 'Nature.'
The Director of the Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (www.ceezad.org) is author of a newly published paper identifying milking procedures as the likely primary routes of H5N1 influenza virus transmission between cattle.
Dr. Juergen A. Richt, who in addition to his duties at CEEZAD is also Regents and University Distinguished Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, authored the paper, which was published Sept. 25 in the journal, 'Nature.'
You can read the full KSU announcement of the article's publication at the link below.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Dr. Juergen Richt and K-State President Linton talk about Next-Gen Cats
Next-Gen 'Cats: Click the image to learn more about K-State research improving the lives of Kansans.