HC Deb 27 January 1989 vol 145 cc807-8W
Sir John Farr

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what funding has been made available(a) to the central veterinary laboratory for its research into the development of an Elisa test., and (b) to the Moredun research institute for its work with the lymphacyte transformation test.

Mr. Donald Thompson

At least £46,000 will be allocated in 1989–90 for expenditure on research at the central veterinary laboratory into the development of an Elisa test for tuberculosis in deer. Work on the lymphoates transformation test at the Moredun research institute is being privately funded.