Researchers from The Pirbright Institute recently journeyed to Nigeria as part of their collaboration with Bauchi State College of Agriculture, which focuses on understanding sheeppox and goatpox in order to reduce their impact in low and middle income countries.
Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have received money which will enable research into boosting vaccine yields by up to ten fold. The funding was awarded by the Livestock Vaccine Innovation Fund which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and Canada’s International Development Research Centre.
Global expert on foot-and-mouth disease and Director of The Pirbright Institute, Dr Bryan Charleston, has been selected to sit on the Research Excellence Framework 2021 sub panel to oversee Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science.
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