Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA) is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MLF), that was established under the Executive Agency Act Cap 245 (Revised Edition; R.E 2009), gazetted on GN number 74 of 9th March 2012 supplement Number 8 and instated by the Chief Permanent Secretary on 11th July, 2012.

The Agency was formed by merging the Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL), Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (TTRI), Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Research Centre (TTRC) and laboratory activities of seven zonal Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs).

TVLA has by now a total of 12 Centers following establishment of a new Sumbawanga TVLA Centre in West Southern Zone. The other 11 centres include: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Biotechnology (CIDB), the Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL), Tanzania Vaccines Institute (TVI), TVLA Arusha, TVLA Dodoma, TVLA Iringa, TVLA Mtwara, TVLA Mwanza, TVLA Tabora, VVBD Kigoma and VVBD Tanga.