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    The Pirbright Institute

    2. Responsible public or private organization or company: 
    The Pirbright Institute
    3. Location and postal address
    The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF
    4. Source(s) of financing of the reported activity, including indication if the activity is wholly or partly financed by the Ministry of Defence

    UKRI - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

    UKRI – Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

    UKRI – Innovate

    UKRI – Medical Research Council

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

    Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)

    European Union

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 

    National Centre for the 3 Rs

    British Council/Newton Fund

    National Institute for Health Research

    Wellcome Trust

    Royal Society

    Houghton Trust

    The Pirbright Institute is not in receipt of Ministry of Defence funding.

    5. Number of maximum containment units5 within the research centre and/or laboratory, with an indication of their respective size (SqM):
    ABL 4 , 257.00 SqM
    257m2 of SAPO† Level 4, ACDP CL3 laboratories excluding plant
    ABL 4 , 1.391.00 SqM
    1391m2 of SAPO Level 4, ACDP CL2 laboratories excluding plant
    ABL 4 , 4.327.00 SqM
    4327m2 of SAPO Level 4, ACDP CL2 animal accommodation including plant
    BL 3 , 413.00 SqM
    No ACDP* Containment Level (CL) 4 laboratories; 413m2 of ACDP CL3 laboratories excluding plant; 257m2 of SAPO† Level 4, ACDP CL3 laboratories excluding plant; 1391m2 of SAPO Level 4, ACDP CL2 laboratories excluding plant; 4327m2 of SAPO Level 4, ACDP CL2 animal accommodation including plant. *Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens †Specified Animal Pathogens Order
    6. Scope and general description of activities, including type(s) of micro-organisms and/or toxins as appropriate

    Diagnosis and surveillance of exotic animal diseases and research into control measures for those diseases. The Pirbright Institute maintains FAO and OIE Reference laboratories. Micro-organisms are categorised up to and including SAPO 4 and ACDP Hazard Group 3. These include but are not limited to: Foot and mouth disease, bluetongue, swine vesicular disease, African Horse Sickness, Capripox, African swine fever, Peste des Petits Ruminants, Rinderpest, Chickungunya and Rift Valley fever.

    (4) For facilities with maximum containment units participating in the national biological defence research and development programme, please fill in name of facility and mark "Declared in accordance with Form A, part 2 (iii)".

    (5) In accordance with the latest edition of the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual, or equivalent.

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