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VETERINARY LABORATORY SERVICE & THE TB PROGRAMME

VETERINARY LABORATORY SERVICE & THE TB PROGRAMME. J. EGAN, MVB, MVM, PhD, FRCVS CVRL, Backweston. Veterinary Laboratory Service. Total Staff: 245. Veterinary: 37. Technical: 63. Director: John Ferris. VETERINARY LABORATORY SERVICE. VLS Support to TB Programme. Veterinary

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VETERINARY LABORATORY SERVICE & THE TB PROGRAMME

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  1. VETERINARY LABORATORY SERVICE & THE TB PROGRAMME J. EGAN, MVB, MVM, PhD, FRCVS CVRL, Backweston

  2. Veterinary Laboratory Service Total Staff: 245 Veterinary: 37 Technical: 63 Director: John Ferris

  3. VETERINARYLABORATORY SERVICE

  4. VLS Support to TB Programme Veterinary training Diagnostic Services PME & Lesion examinations Veterinary Laboratory Service Tuberculin assays R&D Strain typing Badger vaccine studies

  5. NEW BUILDINGS A pupose built complex with laboratories supported by office blocks was designed and built between 2001 and 2005.

  6. “PHYSICAL PROPERTIES” • Labs are built in modules of 7.2 m X 7.2 m. – total 13,868 m2 • The standard lab size is 51.84 m2 (range 12.96m2 to 233 m2). • Category 3/MAF 4 Lab areas (1,352 m2)– 5 separate areas. Histopathology – 155 m2 DublinRVL – 116 m2 Bacteriology – 285 m2 Virology – Labs 434 m2 Animal Holding – 362 m2 • Total “Lab Areas” – 15,220 m2 • General Air Exchange rates – 18 per hour • Pressures vary (gradients) - Normal; –30Hp, -70 Hp • Laboratory support Blocks – 2,995 m2

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