Moredun staff actively engage with farmers, vets, industry bodies, policymakers, and the general public to ensure our research provides practical solutions for preventing and controlling livestock diseases.
The Animal Diseases Research Association, now the registered charity the Moredun Foundation, was founded in 1920 by a group of Scottish farmers, with the aim of improving the health of livestock, especially sheep.
The association founded a research institute employing vets and scientists, and over the decades the scope of animal health work expanded to cover goats, cows, horses and wildlife.
[citation needed] The origins of Moredun go back to the years following World War I which saw an increased demand for home grown food and a significant rise in the market value of livestock.
In March 1920 a group of enlightened Scottish farmers held a public meeting at the Highland and Agricultural Society's chambers in Edinburgh and the Animal Diseases Research Association (now known as The Moredun Foundation) was formed.
[citation needed] The Moredun Foundation has a membership programme which enables those working directly with livestock to receive the latest information about our research and to advise us on disease prioritites.