Overview
The Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA) is an executive agency under the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MLF) of Tanzania, established under the Executive Agencies Act Cap. 245 (Revised Edition 2009), and officially gazetted on 9 March 2012 (GN 74) and commenced operations on 11 July 2012.
The agency was formed by merging the former Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL), the Tsetse & Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (TTRI), the Tsetse & Trypanosomiasis Research Centre (TTRC) and the laboratory operations of several Zonal Veterinary Investigation Centres.
