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About GVS - Veterinary Laboratories Agency

VLA aims to safeguard public and animal health through world class veterinary research and surveillance of farmed livestock and wildlife. It does this by providing a specialist veterinary resource to the UK Government so that they, in turn, can fulfil their aims and objectives in relation to veterinary public health and the development of sustainable agriculture and food industries. Many of the agency’s services are also made available to the private sector.

VLA comprises a network of sixteen laboratories across the UK with its headquarters in Weybridge, Surrey. It employs around 1,300 staff, of which around 100 are vets. These vets work in a wide range of disciplines within the areas of research, surveillance, animal services and general management.

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Work is delivered to the customer through six scientific programmes:

• Endemic diseases and animal welfare
• Food and environmental safety
• International trade
• Statutory and exotic bacterial diseases
• Statutory and exotic viral diseases
• Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Page last modified 10 August, 2009

Quick links:

• Animal Health
  
  Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)
  
  Department for Environment, Food and rural Affairs (Defra)
  
  Department for International Development (DFID)
  
  Food Standards Agency
  
  Meat Hygiene Service
  
  Ministry of Defence
  
  Scottish Government
  
  Veterinary Laboratories Agency
  
  Veterinary Medicines Directorate
  
  Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland (DARDNI)