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Livestock: Animal Breeding

Asked by David SmithLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 15 September 2025UIN 72983

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the turn around time for results on livestock samples at the Pirbright lab has been in the latest period for which data is available.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Pirbright Institute is the UK national reference laboratory and provides a commercial testing service five days a week. Results from submissions from private vets are reported within three working days from the time samples are received at the lab, as stated on Pirbright’s website.

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