Our bluetongue virus specialist, Dr Carrie Batten , shares insights into a disease that threatens the livestock industry. What is bluetongue virus? Bluetongue does not affect people or food safety. It is a disease of sheep, cattle and other ruminants caused by the bluetongue virus (BTV)...
The Pirbright Institute has begun testing for bluetongue virus (BTV) following a single reported case in Norfolk. The UK Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer confirmed a case of bluetongue virus BTV3 in a single sheep at a premises near Haddiscoe, the first case detected in the 2024/25 midge season...
Vaccinology specialist Dr Priscilla Tng is one of 15 promising UK researchers to have been awarded a Fellowship by UK Research and Innovation ’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). A BBSRC Discovery Fellow in the African Swine Fever Vaccinology group at The Pirbright...
Pirbright researchers, in collaboration with New England Biolabs, Inc ., have developed an innovative approach to study infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a highly infectious poultry pathogen. The new method, published in PLoS ONE , will allow quicker response to IBV, particularly in vaccine...
Scientists are to search for a proof-of-concept vaccine that can cut methane emissions in cattle. Supported by $9.4 million from the Bezos Earth Fund and led by researchers at The Pirbright Institute and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) , an international consortium will seek to build scientific...
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