Safeguarding public and animal health
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Collaborations
VLA has many collaborations and partnerships with universities and scientific institutes in the UK and overseas. These relationships support the delivery of our services and research, and increase the pool of professional knowledge and experience available to the government and public.
Some of our key networks
Arbo-Zoonet
Arbo-Zoonet is an international network for capacity building for the control of emerging viral vector borne zoonotic diseases.
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CoVetLab
CoVetLab is a European communication and collaboration network consisting of five national reference veterinary laboratories, including VLA.
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EPIZONE
EPIZONE is an international network of 18 institutions working on animal diseases. Over 25 scientists at VLA are involved in the project.
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European Virus Archive
The European Virus Archive project aims to create a European network of high calibre centres with the appropriate expertise to collect, characterise, authenticate, distribute and track mammalian and other exotic viruses.
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InterAct
InterAct is a unique partnership between VLA and three other leading UK Government research organisations. It offers the opportunity for companies, with interests in acquiring new technologies to collaborate with research scientists.
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Interlab
Interlab is a collaborative agreement between six Public Sector Research Establishments (PSREs) from across Government. Acting in the best interest of the public, the agreement promotes knowledge sharing across the PSREs. This includes emergency response and disease control.
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Med-Vet-Net Association
Med-Vet-Net Association replaces the former Med-Vet-Net Network which was funded by the European Union until 2009. The Association continues to work on the control and prevention of zoonoses for the benefit of public health.
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NADIR
The Network of Animal Disease Infectiology Research (NADIR) aims to realise the potential European leadership in animal infectiology by bringing together all of the 14 animal facilities in Europe capable of working at category 3 and above with farm animals.
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National Mastitis Group
The NMG provides a forum for organisations involved in
the diagnosis, surveillance and control of mastitis and
the production of high quality milk supplies. Although the group remains informal, its broad
stakeholder membership provides a consensus capable of
influencing Government and Industry policy in this
area.
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OFFLU
OFFLU is an OIE-FAO global network of expertise on animal influenzas with members working in both areas of animal health and human health.
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