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Bluetongue samples to be tested at APHA's Weybridge laboratories due to 'unprecedented scale of the outbreak'

The move was aiming to speed up the process of providing results with ‘significant delays’ being reported with the Pirbright Institute seeing a substantial backlog

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
clock • 2 min read
Bluetongue samples to be tested at APHA's Weybridge laboratories due to 'unprecedented scale of the outbreak'

To support the national response, testing of bluetongue samples is now taking place at The Animal and Plant Health Agency's (APHA) Weybridge laboratories, alongside The Pirbright Institute. Testing...

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