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Simon Hall is the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s Veterinary Director and was acting as Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer for the UK at the start of the avian influenza outbreak.

Celebrating 100 years of veterinary and scientific collaboration: APHA’s Weybridge laboratory reaches its centenary

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Celebrating the centenary of the Animal and Plant Health Agency's Weybridge lab, Veterinary Director Simon Hall looks at the history of the site and how Government Vets are as relevant to protecting Great Britain today as they were 100 years ago.

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