Pirbright awarded ARC funding to improve livestock health
Posted: 26 September, 2013
The Pirbright Institute has been awarded £1M of the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council’s £4M Animal Health Research Club (ARC) funding to improve livestock health.
The BBSRC club funds research to improve our understanding of resistance in farmed animals to pests and disease, and the funded projects include work to combat costly livestock diseases, create safer vaccines, breed healthier livestock and investigate immune system interactions.