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...Biosecurity officials spent Monday scouring the high-security site, which is shared by the government's Institute for Animal Health and a private pharmaceutical company, Merial Animal Health, the British arm of U.S.-based Merial Ltd. Reports in British media said investigators were focusing on the Merial facility because it has recently done research on the 01 BFS67 strain, in an effort to determine whether human error or a breach in biosecurity - such as a faulty ventilation system - could be to blame...
...David Biland, managing director at Merial, said in a statement that the company "operates to the very highest international standards and we have complete confidence in the integrity of our operation here. It is still too early in this investigation for anyone to determine the cause of the outbreak...
...That is certainly true, and in a 2002 government review, it was the Institute for Animal Health, not Merial, which drew criticism for the standard of some of its laboratories. According to the BBC, the review said standards at some institute facilities were "not commensurate with what might be expected for work with infectious diseases." The report also raised questions about the loss of key skills at the Pirbright laboratory as senior personnel left and were not replaced...