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Pirbright Institute
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Pirbright Institute, formerly known as the Institute for Animal Health, is a world leading centre of excellence in research and surveillance of virus diseases of farm animals and viruses that spread from animals to humans. Working to enhance capability to contain, control and eliminate these economically and medically important diseases, the Institute’s highly innovative fundamental and applied bioscience contributes to global food security and health, improving quality of life for animals and people.
Activities
- Research
Coordinated projects
Involved in research projects
- Development, enhancement and complementation of animal-sparing, foot-and-mouth disease vaccine-based control strategies for free and endemic regions (FMD-DISCONVAC)
- Epidemiological models for control of arboviral disease for Europe
- Salmonella-free broilers by live-vaccine-induced innate resistance to colonisation and invasion and novel methods to eleminate vaccine and field strains
Contact
Pirbright Institute
Ash Road
GU24 0NF Pirbright
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)1635 578411
Fax: +44 (0)1483 232441
Email: enquiries(@)pirbright.ac.uk