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The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) is an executive agency
Executive agency

An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland Executive....
 of the UK government department, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental quality protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom....
(Defra). It carries out animal disease surveillance, diagnostic services and veterinary scientific research for government and commercial organisations. It is based in New Haw
New Haw

New Haw is a village in the Surrey, England about 25 miles to the south-west of London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include West Byfleet, Woodham, Weybridge, Addlestone and Ottershaw....
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It is both an International Reference Laboratory and the EU Community Reference Laboratory for avian influenza.








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The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) is an executive agency
Executive agency

An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland Executive....
 of the UK government department, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental quality protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom....
(Defra). It carries out animal disease surveillance, diagnostic services and veterinary scientific research for government and commercial organisations. It is based in New Haw
New Haw

New Haw is a village in the Surrey, England about 25 miles to the south-west of London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include West Byfleet, Woodham, Weybridge, Addlestone and Ottershaw....
.

It is both an International Reference Laboratory and the EU Community Reference Laboratory for avian influenza.

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