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Wales to develop regional diagnostic centre

Aberystwyth University set to become Wales's first high throughput testing centre for notifiable animal diseases following Gov funding

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 1 min read
The Deputy First Minister with responsibility for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies announced £265,000 of Welsh Government funding would be made available for the new centre
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The Deputy First Minister with responsibility for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies announced £265,000 of Welsh Government funding would be made available for the new centre

Livestock farmers and animal health officials in Wales could soon benefit from regional disease testing following plans to establish a specialist diagnostic centre at Aberystwyth University. The Deputy...

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