New research club to help fight animal diseases
FARMERS, breeders and pharmaceutical companies have been brought together by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to form a new Animal Health Research Club (ARC) to help develop new ideas for keeping farmed animals healthy and disease free.
The ARC will invest approximately £9.5 million of public and private money in research projects that aim to improve animal health and welfare through better understanding, management and control of pests and pathogens. It is being led by the BBSRC with funding from 12 other members and the …
