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VETERINARY LABORATORY SERVICE & THE TB PROGRAMME J. EGAN, MVB, MVM, PhD, FRCVS CVRL, Backweston
VETERINARY LABORATORY SERVICE &
THE TB PROGRAMME
J. EGAN, MVB, MVM, PhD, FRCVSCVRL, Backweston
Director: John Ferris
Total Staff: 245
Veterinary: 37
Technical: 63
Veterinary Laboratory Service
VETERINARY LABORATORY SERVICE
Veterinary Laboratory
ServiceTuberculin
assays
Veterinary training
DiagnosticServices PME & Lesion
examinations
R&D
Strain typing Badger vaccinestudies
VLS Support to TB Programme
NEW BUILDINGS
A pupose built complex with laboratories supported by office blocks was designed and built between 2001 and 2005.
“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
Dublin RVL – 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
