date:May 29, 2012
The IAH will use the funding to assess diseases spread by insects such as Bluetongue and African Horse Sickness.
IAH director John Fazakerley said this funding will enable the institute to maintain its position as a world-leading centre for research into virus diseases of livestock and viruses that can transmit from animals to humans.
The IAH is one of eight research institutes of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). It is responsible for carrying out research on