KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nearly 1,000 people are gathering in Kansas City to celebrate the 10th anniversary of an Animal Health Corridor that stretches from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri.

The corridor is now a site for more than 300 firms devoted to animal health. Projects include such things as earlier identification of sick cattle and developing drugs and diagnostics for animals.

A 10th anniversary dinner is scheduled for Monday night, with an investor showcase on Tuesday.

A consultant found last year that companies with a business location in the corridor represent 75 percent of the worldwide sales of animal health products and diagnostics. That’s about $19 billion of total global sales of $25.2 billion.