From 1949, Plum Island also conducted work on biological weapons against animals and livestock, such as foot-and-mouth disease, Rinderpest, Newcastle disease, African swine fever and plague and malaria in birds.
Plum Island also explored biological agents targeting farm animals from 1949, encompassing diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, Rinderpest, Newcastle disease, African swine fever, and avian forms of plague and malaria.