Award details

World Reference Laboratory for FMD

ReferenceBBS/E/I/00000249
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor David Paton
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution The Pirbright Institute
DepartmentThe Pirbright Institute Department
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 10,377
StatusCompleted
TypeInstitute Project
Start date 01/01/1999
End date 31/12/2008
Duration120 months

Abstract

This project provides to the EC for the control of FMD Commission and teh FAO animal health service and inter alia the member states of the commission and the FAO with expert opinions on FMD vaccine suitability and information on trends in virus epidemiology; this will assist in improving FAO's early warning, risk assessment and early reaction capability, based on isolation, typing, molecular analysis and antigenic analysis of FMD virus isolatessubmitted by FAO members states or by FAO programmes.

Summary

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Committee Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research TopicsAnimal Health, Microbiology
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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