The laboratory for research and surveillance of virus diseases of farm animals and viruses that spread from animals to humans, based at the Pirbright Institute, requi...

The ISO 9001 standard was the start of a global phenomenon which saw the range of ISO management systems standards expand to include, amongst others, the environment ...

In the United States, FSMA regulations, effective this year, address the concerns of food safety in our supply chain. The requirements apply to both human and animal ...

Recent advances in veterinary science mean that pharma companies can reap the benefits of health-related quality of life (HRQL) surveys and electronic data capture (E...

The requirements for a UK Animal Test Certificate (ATC or “field trial permit”) were dramatically revised in December 2015, reinstating the UK as an attractive locati...

Minerals constitute a small proportion of the diet, but they are essential for the health, wellbeing and performance of the breeding female. They are involved in many...

Globally, the use of antibiotics is under great scrutiny and changes to legislation will require the poultry industry to review production practices with much less re...

The EU is revising the current regulation for all animal medicines and medicated feeds. AHDA exists to ensure its member SQPs can continue to prescribe under EU law, ...

According to the definition of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), intellectual property (IP) is a protection by law, given as patents, copyright and...

When people (scientists and the public alike) think of animal welfare, they find it relatively easy to describe in terms of the absence of negative states, but they f...