UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 24 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY Park, Pa. - Leaders from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences joined University, state and local officials to mark the official opening of the Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center (KADC) at Penn State Beaver in Monaca.

The center will serve as the western Pennsylvania hub for the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System (PADLS), expanding the commonwealth's capacity to detect, diagnose, respond to and control animal diseases that threaten agriculture, public health and the food supply.

It complements the three existing laboratories in PADLS: the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's Pennsylvania Veterinary Labora...