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Records of the Central Veterinary Laboratory and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency...
Catalogue reference: VL
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Records of the Central Veterinary Laboratory and its successors post-dating its establishment as an executive agency in 1995. For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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VL
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Central Veterinary Laboratory and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency and Successors
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Date (When the record was created)
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1988-2024
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Central Veterinary Laboratory and its successors post-dating its establishment as an executive agency in 1995.
For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier CVL records can be found in MAF
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency, 2014-2014
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, 2011-2014
- Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL), 1990-1995
- Veterinary Laboratories Agency, 1995-2011
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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12 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) was originally established in 1894 to deal with an epidemic of swine fever. Its remit quickly expanded to cover a wide range of veterinary research and laboratory work, and the Laboratory moved to purpose built accommodation in Weybridge, Surrey in 1917.
In 1922 Veterinary Investigation Centres attached to agricultural colleges were first established, and these were the forerunners of regional government veterinary laboratories, specialising in field veterinary work. They and the Central Veterinary Laboratory operated under agriculture ministry control until 1990 when the Central Veterinary Laboratory was established as an executive agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). In 1995 the Laboratory merged with the network of Veterinary Investigation Centres to form the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA).
On 29 June 2010, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced that the VLA would be merged with the Animal Health agency, which was completed on 1 April 2011, to form the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA).
On 1 October 2014 the AHVLA was expanded by adding parts of the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) and became the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C368/
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Records of the Central Veterinary Laboratory and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency and Successors