this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message vaccine and infectious disease organization international vaccine centre vido intervac type charity university of saskatchewan industry science and biotechnology vaccines founded 1975 headquarters saskatoon saskatchewan canada key people dr. andrew potter director and chief executive officer cam ewart associate director operations dr. volker gerdts associate director research dr. paul hodgson associate director business development joyce sander associate director human resources lorne vanin associate director finance products research and development number of employees 165 2016 website www.vido.org the vaccine and infectious disease organization international vaccine centre is a research organization of the university of saskatchewan that operates with financial support from the governments of saskatchewan as well as government of canada and industry competitive grants foundation grants and royalties from licensed prodcucts . in addition to the 2 500 000 sq ft 230 000 m2 facility on campus vido intervac also operates a 160 acre 0.6 km2 research station . vido intervac was a member of three national networks of centres of excellence the canadian bacterial diseases network the canadian network for vaccines and immunotherapeutics canvac prionet and is currently a member of the pan provincial vaccine enterprise prevent . it has created three spin off companies biostar biowest and star biotech and has worked with multiple major industry and start up companies . contents 1 history 2 vaccines 3 references 4 external links history edit originally named the veterinary infectious disease organization vido was established with funding from the devonian group of charitable foundations the province of alberta and the province of saskatchewan . vido had strong ties to the university of saskatchewan s western college of veterinary medicine . in march 2003 vido s name was changed to the vaccine and infectious disease organization . in october 2003 a 50 000 sq ft 5 000 m2 expansion was completed . in march 2004 vido received funding for the construction one of the world s largest and most advanced biosafety level 3 facilities the international vaccine centre intervac for research into emerging and persistent human and animal diseases . the 150 million cdn in infrastructure funding was provided by government of canada the canada foundation for innovation the government of saskatchewan the university of saskatchewan and the city of saskatoon . intervac finished construction in 2011 with a celebration that included the prime minister of canada stephen harper the premier of saskatchewan brad wall and mayor of saskatoon don atchison . it received operational certification by the public health agency and canadian food inspection agency in 2013 . intervac is one of the few level 3 facilities in the world capable of working with large animals including cattle deer elk llamas el pacas sheep and pigs . 1 the organization has had 4 directors since its inception . dr. chris bigland was the founding director and ran the organization from 1975 1984 ; dr. stephen acres 1984 1993 dr. lorne babiuk 1993 2007 and dr. andrew potter who became director in 2007 . vaccines edit ecolan rc cattle prevention of bacterial and viral calf scours hevlan tc poultry prevention of enteritis in turkeys pleuro star 4 swine prevention of porcine pleuropneumonia pneumo star cattle prevention of pasteurella infection somnu star cattle prevention of haemophilosis in cattle somnu star ph cattle prevention of pasteurellosis and haemophilosis in cattle vicogen cattle prevention of calf scours econiche cattle reduction of shedding of ecoli o157 to control human infection and environmental contamination references edit combatting infectious disease through vaccine research vido intervac at the u of s pdf . university of saskatchewan . 2009 . retrieved 2011 09 30 . external links edit official website v t e university of saskatchewan colleges and schools college of agriculture and bioresources college of arts and science college of dentistry college of education edwards school of business college of engineering school of environment and sustainability college of graduate studies and research college of kinesiology college of law college of medicine college of nursing college of pharmacy and nutrition school of physical therapy school of public health johnson shoyama graduate school of public policy western college of veterinary medicine federated and affiliated colleges briercrest college st. thomas more college horizon college and seminary saskatoon theological union gabriel dumont institute of native studies and applied research st. peter s college athletics saskatchewan huskies saskatchewan huskies football saskatchewan huskies women s ice hockey griffiths stadium rutherford arena physical activity complex other the sheaf vaccine and infectious disease organization canadian light source sylvia fedoruk canadian centre for nuclear innovation innovation place research park museum of antiquities plasma physics laboratory royal university hospital peter mackinnon building saskatchewan accelerator laboratory memorial gates rugby chapel retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vaccine and infectious disease organization & oldid 715795609 categories scientific organizations based in canadauniversity of saskatchewannon profit organizations based in canadamedical research institutesmedical and health organizations based in canadaorganizations based in saskatoonveterinary organizationsresearch institutes in canadahidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 april 2016 at 02 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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