The new Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories in Fort Collins is equipped with a biosafety level 3 laboratory and is one of only a few laboratories approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control t

The new Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories in Fort Collins is equipped with a biosafety level 3 laboratory and is one of only a few laboratories approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control to handle and test for select agents: infectious microorganisms deemed to pose a severe threat to public, animal, or plant health. A fake rooster wearing a protective mask watches over the Avian Diagnostics Lab. Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post (Photo By Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post via Getty Images)