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Scotland's Moredun Institute under pressure to expand bluetongue testing capacity

Scotland's deputy chief vet, Jesus Gallego Garnica, said he was hopeful it would be up and running 'as soon as possible', but that it was out of Scottish Government's hands

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Scotland's Moredun Institute under pressure to expand bluetongue testing capacity

Scotland's deputy chief vet, Jesus Gallego Garnica, said he hoped the Moredun Research Institute would be up and running 鈥榓s soon as possible', to alleviate some of the 'pressure' on testing capacity in...

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