African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread throughout eastern and central Europe, and China has now recorded its first outbreak . China is home to over half the world’s pig population (around 500 million pigs) so any potential spread throughout China and neighbouring countries would be...
Researchers at The Pirbright Institute and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory on Plum Island USA, have shown it could be possible to detect foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in pooled milk samples stored in bulk tanks. These...
Research undertaken by scientists at The Pirbright Institute and the University of Glasgow has shown that a targeted vaccination programme against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) could contribute to alleviating poverty in eastern Africa. Livestock production losses due to FMD are estimated to be...
Infectious bronchitis is the most economically important infectious disease affecting chickens in the UK, and remains a major problem in the global poultry industry despite the existence of many different vaccines. Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) vaccines are currently produced in hen's eggs—a...
To bee, or not to bee? It’s not really a question for Dr Mark Fife , leader of the Genetics and Genomics group at The Pirbright Institute, who has installed two hives on site and whose honey bees (Apis mellifera) produced 42 pounds of honey in the first crop this summer, about enough for 80 small...
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