Gooding officials approve bleeding barn

Thu., Aug. 4, 2005

Associated Press

GOODING, Idaho – Gooding County commissioners have upheld a special-use permit for a so-called bleeding barn in Hagerman.

Idaho Biotech’s proposed bleeding barn, formally called a polyserum facility, collects blood from live donor animals to be used in medical research. The animals are returned to pasture after some of their blood is collected. Collected blood is placed in a centrifuge so the serum – the clear, thin, fluid portion of the blood – can be gathered and sold to researchers or medical diagnostic firms.

Mark Nebeker, the owner of Idaho Biotech, said he would install a 1,000-gallon underground tank at the barn to collect waste products and prevent odor during the summer. The Gooding County Planning and Zoning Commission had already approved a special-use permit for the operation, but some residents appealed to the three-member county commission, saying the project would put property values at risk.

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