The Myanmar Pig Partnership comprises a multidisciplinary team including vets, microbiologists and social anthropologists from across the UK, Myanmar and Vietnam.
There are four partners:
- The University of Cambridge (lead)
- The STEPS Centre
- Myanmar Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department
- University of Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam
There are also two official collaborating institutions:
- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
- The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK
The partnership is funded by ZELS , an initiative between the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
