Vaccine Development

APHA Scientific can help you with each stage of your vaccine development. Our services range from generating data during the initial product development right through to batch release testing on the finished product.

We have a wealth of experience of in-vitro and in-vivo techniques and can work on a wide range of organisms including those which require high security containment.

The service includes:

Primary research
Antigen development
Testing for attenuation
Antibody and antigen detection
Extraneous agents testing
Efficacy and safety testing

Our microbiology unit can test starting materials for extraneous agents and purity including substances of animal origin, cell lines and bacterial and viral master seeds. It can also provide a comprehensive service for testing batches of vaccine for safety and efficacy in support of market authorisation, as well as, batch release testing of approved products.

Many of these services comply with Good Laboratory Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice and Good Clinical Practice (veterinary) as well as ISO17025 and ISO9001.

APHA Scientific also offers a wide range of animal disease challenge models for testing the efficacy of experimental vaccines to support market authorisation and batch testing. The challenge models include bacterial, viral and parasitological animal diseases.

Challenge Models

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Explore how our teams contribute to animal and public health through research, diagnostics, and innovation in our latest blog post.

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Welcome to Our New APHA Scientific Website

We’re excited to share our new and improved APHA Scientific website. This project reflects our commitment to providing a more modern, accessible, and user-friendly platform to our global commercial customer base.

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APHA Scientific at WAVLD 2025: Advancing Veterinary Diagnostics Together

We were pleased to attend the World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (WAVLD) 2025 conference in Calgary, Canada, as a Silver Sponsor.

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APHA Scientific – Launch of PT-LIMS: Our New Laboratory Information Management System

We’re excited to announce the launch of PT-LIMS, our improved Proficiency Testing Laboratory Information Management System, now live for all registered customers.

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New price Lists Available for 2025–2026 Proficiency Testing Schemes & Biological Reagents

We’re pleased to announce the release of our updated price lists for the 2025–2026 contract year.

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VETQAS Terms and Conditions (T&Cs)

We want to let you know that our VETQAS T&Cs have recently been updated to reflect changes in business practices and legal requirements.

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