Veterinary Laboratories Agency
VLA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is a regional network of laboratories across the UK. It is a centre of scientific excellence and acts as an international reference laboratory for a wide range of infectious and non-infectious diseases of animals.
The main aim of the Agency is to safeguard public and animal health by providing all sectors of the animal health industry with a wide range of applied veterinary research and consultancy on diseases of farmed livestock, diagnosis of diseases of statutory and public health importance and surveillance of new and emerging diseases throughout the country.
Further Information
For further information on the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, please visit www.vla.gov.uk