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$3 million earmarked for Pirbright to coordinate world FMD reference labs

The world reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at Pirbright has been acknowledged by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN) and OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) as the centre of global expertise on research, surveillance and…

£38M investment to protect UK livestock

Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, will announce at 1500hrs BST today (24 May 2012) that The Pirbright Institute has been awarded £38M of strategic investment from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). This investment will…

IAH hosts Veterinary Research Club prize talks

A talented early career researcher was awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Young Researchers Prize for veterinary research on Friday (27 April 2012) during the 425th meeting of the Veterinary Research Club in Pirbright at the Institute for Animal Health. The prize is…

Enlightenment Science in the 21st Century – Bioimaging comes into its own

When microscopy had its first heyday in the 17th Century, it opened up a new world of cells, plant structures and the complexity of human physiology; the microscope led the discoveries and sparked a revolution in science. Now is the time that bioimaging is having, perhaps, a…

Poultry Health Course bringing science into practice

Earlier this month the Poultry Health Course brought together scientists with technical staff, veterinary surgeons and others wishing to learn more about infectious diseases in the context of poultry management. The course supports the necessary skills for excellent animal…

FMD vaccination by design using DNA

Researchers at the Institute for Animal Health have examined a new type of vaccination regime that protects cattle against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). This regime features the use of a DNA vaccine approach and the experimental results show that such vaccines have the…

IAH welcomes NFU to discuss Schmallenberg virus

Representatives from the NFU toured the Institute for Animal Health this week to hear of progress in understanding Schmallenberg virus (SBV). Among the delegation touring IAH, the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in Surrey, was NFU president Peter Kendall, NFU vice…

Livestock Scientists in Parliament

Three early-career researchers from the Institute for Animal Health at Compton near Newbury had the chance to present their science to parliamentarians at the House of Commons on Monday (12 March). All three work on diseases of livestock that can cost the UK economy a great…

Schmallenberg causing deformities in east of England lambs

An emerging livestock disease caused by the Schmallenberg virus that was first detected in Germany late last year has been causing deformities in newborn lambs, goat kids and calves on farms in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and now the UK. Schmallenberg – named after…

How to make better vaccines for humans and animals

Researchers at the Institute for Animal Health and collaborators at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, have discovered why some vaccines are not as effective at stimulating an immune response as we would hope and have investigated ways in which improvements could be…