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The Moredun Research Institute (MRI) is internationally recognised for its work on infectious diseases of sheep and other ruminants.

The aims of the Institute are —

To carry out innovative basic and strategic multidisciplinary research on diseases which undermine biological efficiency, impair animal welfare or threaten public health.
To develop strategies for improved control and prevention of disease, thereby furthering animal and human wellbeing and encouraging sustainable agriculture.
To contribute new knowledge to biological science, comparative medicine, environmental protection and public health.
To maintain specialist diagnostic and disease surveillance services to facilitate epidemiological investigations, and early awareness of emerging problems.