Scientists from The Pirbright Institute have used a ground-breaking approach to identify that a morbillivirus that causes disease in small ruminants such as sheep and goats, known as peste des petits ruminants (a close relative of measles virus – the human morbillivirus), could, through minor...
Yesterday Pirbright hosted the third annual seminar series addressing the ethical use of animals in research. The previous two events were focused on the 3Rs, the principles of Reduction (in numbers), Refinement (of procedures) and Replacement (with laboratory procedures). This year provided a...
To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, today 9 October, we asked everyone at Pirbright to nominate their female STEM role model with a short explanation on why they were nominating them. Miriam Windsor, Research Services Capability Leader, nominated Pirbright’s Dr Geraldine Taylor , who was previously the...
Scientists from The Pirbright Institute have created a laboratory procedure which allows the response of chicken immune cells to infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) to be studied without infecting live chickens. IBDV, also known as Gumboro disease, can result in immunosuppression and death in...
Scientists from The Pirbright Institute have used state-of-the-art approaches to monitor foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks that have recently radiated out from the Indian subcontinent. The seven different types of FMD virus (called serotypes) can be split further into lineages which normally...
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