OSU Buildings Histories in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center

The John L. Fryer Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory (formerly Salmon Disease Laboratory, completed in 1990) is a regional fish disease facility dedicated to the study of organisms infectious for salmonids and other species of freshwater fish. The laboratory is named for Dr. John L. Fryer, who established the fish disease research program at Oregon State University.  Research at the facility is conducted by investigators across campus on a variety of aquatic species. The AAHL was constructed through a grant from the Bonneville Power Administration and is supported by the Department of Microbiology, the College of Agricultural Sciences, and the College of Science.  The 9,000 square foot facility includes an area with stock tanks, an experimental area with more than 250 tanks of various sizes, an isolation/quarantine lab, and a multi-user lab space.

SCARC: Holdings of the Special Collections and Archives Research Center include university records documenting the work of the Salmon Disease Laboratory, and the John L. Fryer Papers, which include information about the building's namesake and some of the research that he pioneered.

Oregon Digital: Includes images and textual materials documenting the work of the Salmon Disease Laboratory, and the John L. Fryer Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory.