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University of Edinburgh Opens National Avian Research Facility Phase One

Published 9/17/2013

The University of Edinburgh opened the first phase of the National Avian Research Facility in early 2013. The $7.9 million facility is part of a collaborative two-building research campus currently under construction for the Roslin Institute of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Pirbright Institute. Ground was broken on the project in early 2013. Phase two of the $22 million project is expected to open in late 2014. Located on the Easter Bush Campus in Edinburgh, the completed facility will provide advanced research labs, specific-pathogen-free (SPF) areas for the study of genetically modified poultry, and conventional avian housing.