Specialist Laboratories:

Special containment laboratories are required for work on suspected cases of exotic animal and human disease (such as SARS and foot and mouth disease) and for investigating suspected bio-terrorism incidents.

• Wallaceville houses the only infectious disease laboratory facility in New Zealand that provides this level of containment is located at Wallaceville. The site also has other containment labs, which meet international disease handling protocols and safety standards
• The high containment PC3+ laboratory facilities, built in 1999, form the central hub of MAF's operation into the investigation and diagnosis of suspected exotic diseases of animals (previously NCDI)
• ESR has at times used the PC3+ laboratory for some of its infectious disease and other work