Rabies Diagnostic Laboratory Inaugurated at Bangalore

With the initiatives of Dr. S. Abdul Rahman, President, Commonwealth Veterinary Association, a state-of-the-art CVA-Crucell-KVAFSU Rabies Diagnostic Laboratory has come up at the Veterinary College, Bangalore. The laboratory has been built at a cost of US$ 200,000 with financial support from Crucell Holland bv, Netherlands and was inaugurated recently by Dr. C. Renukaprasad, Vice Chancellor of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar. This laboratory has all facilities for early diagnosis of rabies in canines and is the first of its kind in the Indian subcontinent.