Safety Cabinet used at the Institute for Animal Health, Edinburgh
- Made:
- 1980s
Safety cabinet used at the Institute for Animal Health in Edinburgh. This provided a sealed environment in which experiments on spongiform encephalopathy infective tissue could be carried out. Work at this lab on scrapie (a sheep S.E.) enabled rapid progress on BSE at the beginning of the crisis. The lab was also extremely active in BSE research and this cabinet was used in this work until 1998.
Details
- Category:
- Veterinary Medicine
- Object Number:
- 1999-772
- Measurements:
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overall: 1990 mm x 1270 mm x 840 mm, 272.16 kg
- type:
- safety cabinet
- credit:
- Institute for Animal Health