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Wildlife Incident Investigation Service - PB01001
Description
RDS does field work to collect samples and gather information to support each case of suspected illegal poisoning by pesticides. The VLA performs the post-mortems on animals where illegal poisoning is suspected and the CSL analyses post-mortem tissue samples for suspected pesticides.
Time-Scale and Cost
From: 2001

To: 2008

Cost: £2,545,500
Contractor / Funded Organisations
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Central Science Laboratory, Rural Development Service
Keywords
Environmental Protection              
Nature conservation              
Pesticides              
Wildlife conservation              
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