Veterinary Laboratories Agency

The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) is an executive agency of the UK government department, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(Defra). It carries out animal disease surveillance, diagnostic services and veterinary scientific research for government and commercial organisations. It is based in New Haw.

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

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v • d • e Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom

Headquarters: Noble House, Smith Square

Ministers	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health · Minister of State for the Environment · 2 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State

Executive agencies	Animal Health · Central Science Laboratory · Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science · Government Decontamination Service · Marine and Fisheries Agency · Rural Payments Agency · Veterinary Laboratories Agency · Veterinary Medicines Directorate