FAO REFERENCE LABORATORIES
FAO Reference Laboratories provide consultations, assist in making diagnoses and develop diagnostic capability, maintain a reference collection of disease agents, produce and standardize reagents and assist in characterization of causative agents and in training activities.
| Institute | Disease | Laboratory |
|---|---|---|
| Institute for Animal Health (IAH) Pirbright Laboratory Ash Road Pirbright, Woking Surrey GU24 ONF UK Tel.: +44 1483 232 441 Fax: +44 1483 232 448 E-mail: Ann.boddy@bbsrc.ac.uk | Foot-and-mouth disease Other vesicular diseases Rinderpest Peste des petits ruminants Lumpy skin disease Sheep pox Goat pox | World Reference Laboratory World Reference Laboratory World Reference Laboratory World Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory |
| Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Muguga Laboratory PO Box 32 Kikuyu Kenya Tel.: +254 154 32000/32703 Fax: +254 154 32450 | Rinderpest Peste des petits ruminants | Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory |
| Institut sénégalais de recherche agricole (ISRA) Laboratoire national de l'élevage et de recherches vétérinaires (LNERV) BP 2057 De Hann Dakar Senegal Tel.: +221 832 2762 Fax: +221 832 2118 E-mail: Josarr@isra.refer.sn www.aupelf-uref.org/sngal_ct/rec/isra/isra.htm | Rinderpest Rift Valley fever Peste des petits ruminants | Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory |
| Pan-American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center (PAHO/PANAFTOSA) CP 589 20001-970 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Tel.: +55 21 671 3128 through 33 Fax: +55 21 671 2387 | Foot-and-mouth disease Other vesicular diseases Foreign animal disease | Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Diagnostic Laboratory |
| Plum Island Animal Disease Center Laboratory Chief USDA-APHIS, Box 848 Greenport New York USA 11944 Tel.: +1 516 323 2500 Fax: +1 516 323 2798 E-mail: lathomas@aphis.usda.gov www.aphis.usda.gov | Foot-and-mouth disease Classical swine fever Viral haemorrhagic disease of rabbits Malignant catarrhal fever Rinderpest Other vesicular diseases African horse sickness African swine fever | Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory |
| Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA) Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) Valdeolmos 28130 Madrid Spain Tel.: +34 91 620 2300 Fax: +34 91 620 2247 E-mail: Vizcaino@inia.es | Classical swine fever African horse sickness African swine fever | Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory |
| Center for Veterinary Biologics-Laboratory (CVB-L) PO Box 844 Ames lowa 50100 USA Tel.: +1 515 239 8266 Fax: +1 515 239 8673 E-mail: lwilbur@aphis.usda.gov www.aphisweb.aphis.usda.gov/vs/cvb/lab/lab.htm | Classical swine fever Bluetongue Epizootic haemorrhagic disease | Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory |
| Institut für Virologie Tieräztliche Hochschule Bünteweg 17 D-30599 Hannover Germany Tel.: +49 511 953 8840 Fax: +49 511 953 8898 E-mail: moennig@viro.tiho-hannover.de | Classical swine fever | Regional Reference Laboratory |
| Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement Département d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire CIRAD-EMVT Campus international de Baillarguet BP 5035 34032 Montpellier Cedex 1, France Tel.: +33 (0)4 6761 5800 Fax: +33 (0)4 6759 3795 E-mail:Francois.Thiaucourt@CIRAD.FR www.cirad.fr | Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Peste des petits ruminants | World Reference Laboratory World Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory |
| Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária Estrada de Benfica 701 1500 Lisbon Portugal Tel.: +351 1 716 0448 Fax: +351 1 716 0039 | Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia | Regional Reference Laboratory |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Rampart Road Colorado State University Foothills Research Campus PO Box 2087 Fort Collins Colorado 80522 USA Tel.: +1 970 221 6400 Fax: +1 970 221 6476 www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ncid.htm | Rift Valley fever Arthropod-transmitted viral diseases | Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory |
| Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) Private Bag X5 Onderstepoort 0110 South Africa Tel.: +27 12 529 9111 Fax: +27 12 565 6573 E-mail: gavin@moon.ovi.ac.za www.ovi.ac.za | Foot-and-mouth disease Bluetongue Epizootic haemorrhagic disease African swine fever Arthropod transmitted viral diseases | Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Regional Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory |
| National Institute for Virology Special Pathogen Unit Private Bag X4 Sandringham 2131 South Africa Tel.: +27 11 321 4200 Fax: +27 11 882 0596 E-mail: bobs@niv.ac.za | Arthropod transmitted viral diseases | Reference Laboratory |
| Central Veterinary Laboratory New Haw Addlestone Surrey KT15 3NB UK Tel.: +44 (0)1932 357 466 Fax: +44 (0)1932 357 856 E-mail: dalexander.vla@gtnet.gov.uk | Newcastle disease Avian influenza Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies Brucellosis | Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory Reference Laboratory |
FAO COLLABORATING CENTRES
FAO Collaborating Centres provide technical advice, expertise and consultations on designated subjects pertinent to FAO headquarters, field projects and member countries; and assist in the organization and implementation of training activities.
| Institute | Geographical coverage | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture Research Council (ARC) Onderstepoort Complex Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) Private Bag X05 Onderstepoort 0110 South Africa Tel.: +27 12 529 9101 Fax: +27 12 565 4667 E-mail: gavin@moon.ovi.ac.za www.saturn.ac.za | Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Science Private Bag X04 Onderstepoort 0110 South Africa Tel.: +27 012 529 8268 Fax: +27 012 529 8312 E-mail: infek5@op1.up.ac.za | Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| National Veterinary Research Institute (VOM) Fed. Min. of Agriculture and Natural Resources Plateau State Nigeria Tel.: +234 73 80811/80 812 Fax: +234 73 460 006/460 370 | West and Central Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Institut sénégalais de recherche agricole (ISRA) Laboratoire national de l'élevage et de recherchesvétérinaires (LNERV) BP 2057 De Hann Dakar Senegal Tel.: +221 832 5146/832 2762 Fax: +221 832 2118 E-mail: Josarr@isra.refer.sn www.aupelf-uref.org/sngal_ct/rec/isra/isra.htm | West and Central Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Laboratoire central vétérinaire BP 2295 Bamako Mali Tel.: +223 243 344 / 246 653 Fax: +223 249 809 | West and Central Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Muguga Laboratory PO Box 32 Kikuyu Kenya Tel.: +254 154 32000/32703 Fax: +254 154 32450 | Eastern Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Central Veterinary Laboratory 18 Borrowdale Rd PO Box CY551 Causeway Harare Zimbabwe Tel.: +263 4 705 885 Fax: +263 4 707 952 E-mail: CNCUBE@HEALTHNET.ZW | Southern Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory PO Box 11365 1558 Teheran Iran Tel.: +98 261 72005 through 9 Fax: +98 261 74658 E-mail: Modir@Iran.com | Near East and Middle Asia | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Institut agronomique et vétérinaire Hassan II (IAV) Rabat-Instituts BP 6202 Rabat Morocco Tel.: +212 7 675 539 Fax: +212 7 776 796 E-mail: mime@mtds.com | North Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Kimron Veterinary Institute PO Box 12 Beit Dagan 50250 Israel Tel.: +972 3 968 1682 / 968 1711 Fax: +972 3 968 1753 / 968 1641 E-mail: mbana_vs@netvision.net.il | Near East | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) Ryrie Street - PO Bag 24 Geelong, Victoria 3220 Australia Tel.: +61 52 275 000 Fax: +61 52 275 555 E-mail: harveyw@aahl.dah.csiro.au | Asia and Pacific region | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) Division of Veterinary Public Health Izatnagar 243122 (UP) India Tel.: 442 326 / 449 435 | South Asia | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Yunnan Tropical and Subtropical Animal Virus Disease Laboratory Yunnan Institute of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Sciences Jindian Kunming 650224 China P.R. Tel.: +86 871 563 5721 Fax +86 871 563 5721 | East Asia | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Veterinary Research Institute 59 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah 34 100 Ipoh Malaysia Tel.: +60 5 545 7166 Fax: +60 5 546 3368 E-mail: ganch@jphvri.po.my | Southeast Asia | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Pan-American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center (PAHO/PANAFTOSA) CP 589 20001-970 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Tel.: +55 21 671 3128 through 33 Fax: +55 21 671 2387 | Latin America and the Caribbean | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias (CICV / INTA) CC 77, Morón 1708, Castelar Buenos Aires Argentina Tel.: +54 1 621 1447 / 621 1676 Fax: +54 1 661 4360 | Latin America | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria - CENSA AP 10 San José de la Lajas La Habana Cuba | Caribbean region | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Institute for Animal Health (IAH) Pirbright Laboratory Ash Road Pirbright, Woking Surrey GU24 ONF UK Tel.: +44 1483 232 441 Fax: +44 1483 232 448 E-mail: Ann.boddy@bbsrc.ac.uk | Europe Africa Asia | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD-EMVT) Département d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire Campus International de Baillarguet BP 5035 34032 Montpellier cedex 1 France Tel.: +33 4 6759 3724 Fax: +33 4 6759 3798 www.cirad.fr | Africa | Emergency preparedness for transboundary animal diseases |
| FAO/IAEA Central Laboratory for ELISA and Molecular Techniques in Animal Disease Diagnosis/Animal Production Unit/FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory/IAEA Laboratories Wagramer Strasse 5, PO Box 100 A-1400 Vienna Austria Tel.: +43 1 2060 ext 28355 or 26053 Fax: +43 1 2060 ext 28222 E-mail: robinsonmk@rial1.iaea.or.at or M.H.Jeggo@iaea.org www.iaea.or.at./programmes/rifa/d3/index.html | World | Standardization, validation and quality assurance of ELISA and molecular techniques for animal disease diagnosis |
| CNEVA Ploufragan - Laboratoire central de recherche avicole et porcine BP 53 Zoopôle 22440 Ploufragan France Tel.: +33 2 9676 0130 Fax: +33 2 9678 6861 E-mail: pvannier@ploufragan.cneva.fr | World | Viral diseases of swine |
| Institute for Animal Science and Health, ID/IDLO PO Box 65 8200 AB Lelystad The Netherlands Tel.: +31 320 238 238 Fax: +31 320 238 050 E-mail: postkamer@id.dlo.nl | Europe | Viral diseases of swine |
| CNEVA Sophia Antipolis - Laboratoire de pathologie des petits ruminants et des abeilles 105, route des Chappes BP 111 F-06902 Sophia Antipolis cedex France Tel.: +33 4 9294 3700 Fax: +33 4 9294 3701 E-mail: vasa20@calva.net http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apiservices/cneva.htm | Europe and Near East | Diseases of small ruminants |
| Virology Department New Haw Addlestone Surrey KT15 3NB UK Tel.: +44 1932 341 111 / 334 115 Fax: +44 1932 347 046 | World | Viral diseases of poultry |
| Poultry Health and Production Danish Network for Poultry Production and Health in Developing Countries Department of Veterinary Microbiology Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Bulowsvej 13 2000 Frederiksberg C Denmark Tel.: +45 35 282 775 Fax: +45 35 282 774 E-mail: ap@kvl.dk | World | Diseases of poultry |
