The Pirbright Institute is a world leading centre of excellence in research and surveillance of virus diseases of farm animals and viruses that spread from animals to humans.
Working to enhance capability to contain, control and eliminate these economically and medically important diseases, the Institute’s highly innovative fundamental and applied bioscience contributes to global food security and health, improving quality of life for animals and people.
The continued advance of African swine fever (ASF) through Eastern European countries has triggered concern amongst pig farmers and governing bodies. Defra has upgraded the threat to the UK from ‘very low’ to ‘low’ – meaning the risk is “rare but could occur” (EFSA terminology). This severe disease...
A £2,359,553 grant has been awarded by Innovate UK to The Pirbright Institute’s Dr Simon Graham to lead an international team developing an inexpensive, safe and effective vaccine to protect pigs against Nipah virus (NiV). The grant will allow scientists from Pirbright and partners in the UK,...
Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have successfully validated two new portable tests for the diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). One test confirms the presence of FMD virus (FMDV), and the other is the first portable test able to differentiate between the four FMD types prevalent in...
A grant has been awarded to Dr Andrew Broadbent at The Pirbright Institute, which will fund the development of laboratory techniques for studying poultry viral diseases without the need to infect live birds. The new research, funded by the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and...
Dr Pip Beard and Dr Nick Lyons from The Pirbright Institute recently attended a workshop in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, which focused on the economic impact of sheeppox , a severe viral disease of sheep caused by infection with sheeppox virus. The virus causes classic “pox” lesions to occur on the skin...
Innovative research into viruses of farm animals and some that spread from animals to people is possible with new state-of-the-art facilities including the BBSRC National Virology Centre. Find out more about Pirbright's campus development plans.
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