Agri-Business
Cattle methane vaccine project receives $9.4m in funding
Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, has provided $9.4 million (€8.7 million) in funding towards a project examining the viability of a...
Pirbright Institute
Beef
What counties are high-risk for bluetongue?
With recent warming weather, and average daily temperatures being consistently above 12°C, bluetongue virus (BTV) transmission is now possible in...
Agri-Business
£40 million UK animal vaccine centre to be established at Pirbright
A new £40 million centre at Pirbright to develop vaccines for zoonotic diseases that spread from animals to humans is...
Beef
Cattle immune cell breakthrough to open avenues for treating disease
A collaborative study has made a breakthrough characterising new immune cells in cattle which could change how livestock diseases are...
Pig/Poultry
Study finds Pirbright African swine fever vaccine has 100% success rate
Scientists from The Pirbright Institute are a step closer in the race to develop a vital vaccine for African swine...
Rural Life
Pirbright begins testing potential Covid-19 vaccines on animals
The UK’s Pirbright Institute is to begin testing new coronavirus vaccines on animals to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Working...
Pig/Poultry
Pirbright scientists develop bird flu and Marek’s disease vaccine
Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have used genetic engineering to develop a vaccine that protects birds against both Marek’s disease...
Pig/Poultry
UK research team leads international fight against African Swine Fever
Pioneering research by a team of UK researchers has helped to provide two of the world’s best hopes of a...
