FAO Reference Centres for animal health are institutions designated by the Director-General to provide specific and technical advice and services to FAO Member Countries on issues related to FAO’s mandate. FAO invites institutions and universities to apply to become a reference centre in any of the 25 thematic areas that are critical for the Member Countries. Other areas will be identified as needs arise.
Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University
Goss Lab, 1925 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210
Thomas Wittum
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 02/04/2024
COUNTRY: United States of America
AREAS OF COLLABORATION: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD)
36 avenue Pasteur, BP220, Dakar, Senegal
Yakhya Dieye
[email protected]
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 02/04/2024
COUNTRY: Senegal
AREAS OF COLLABORATION: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
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Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor (Institute of Veterinary Research “Desidério Finamor” – IPVDF)
Estrada do Conde, 6000, Eldorado do Sul, RS. Brazil. 92990-000
Guilherme Marcondes Klafke
[email protected]
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 27/07/2026
COUNTRY: Brazil
AREAS OF COLLABORATION: Acaricide resistance, Tick control
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
Duduville Campus, Off Thika Road, Kasarani PO Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Jandouwe Villinger
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 01/04/2024
COUNTRY: Kenya
AREAS OF COLLABORATION: Vectors-borne diseases
Istituti Zooprofilattici Sperimentali (IZS) Network
Ministero della Salute
Viale Giorgio Ribotta 5
00144 Rome, Italy
Dr Benedetta Cappelletti (MoH-DGSA-Unit 2)
[email protected]
- Brucellosis
- Lumpy skin disease
- Apiculture: health, biosecurity and AMR
- Biosecurity for swine and poultry farm and laboratories
- Veterinary database: Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and animal identification system
- Health management, disease prevention and control of aquatic organisms
IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE: 01/04/2024
COUNTRY: Italy
AREAS OF COLLABORATION: Animal health and food security
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