Dr. Richard Truman and armadillo. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collection. Carville, LA.

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This file appears in: Carville: Silos for Dairy Barn & Armadillo Research

Dr. Richard Truman and armadillo.<br />
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Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collection. Carville, LA.

Armadillo research is on-going today through the National Hansen's Disease Programs laboratories located at LSU Veterinary Medicine in Baton Rouge.

Richard Truman, Research Scientist, Captain, USPHS (RET) Chief, Microbiology and Epidemiology outlines present day research goals. The laboratory performs research on the Immunology and Epidemiology of leprosy to benefit early diagnosis of the infection, differentiate susceptible from non-susceptible individuals, and monitor transmission of leprosy in communities.

This file appears in: Carville: Silos for Dairy Barn & Armadillo Research

Carville: Silos for Dairy Barn & Armadillo Research

By Elizabeth Schexnyder, Curator, National Hansen's Disease Museum, Carville, LA

The two silos and barns in front of you were built for a dairy herd in the 1920s. By the mid-1950s, an outside vendor was supplying milk to the Leprosarium and the barn fell into disrepair. Hansen's Disease (HD) has never been easy to study…