The goals of the Network are:
- Understanding global Foot-and-mouth disease virus distribution and patterns in order to identify threats and make vaccine recommendations
- Improving the quality of laboratory tests from international and national reference laboratories
- Building up local capability in support of regional control programmes
This Network arose from a meeting of the OIE ad hoc group of Antigen and Vaccine Banks (in Paris 2004) where it was decided to generate two forums to coordinate international activities: a vaccine bank network (now the IVSRN), and this Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory Network.
There are also regional groups dedicated to combatting and eradicating FMDV in their region. These groups form part of the global push to control and eventually eradicate FMD.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2017.
WOAH/FAO FMD Reference Laboratory Network Members
- Argentina
- Belgium
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- France
- India
- Italy
- Russian Federation
- South Africa
- Republic of Korea
- Thailand
- UK
- USA
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA)
Dirección de Laboratorio Animal
Dirección General de Laboratorios y Control Técnico
Senasa
Talcahuano 1660 - (1640) Martínez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
OIE Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Reference laboratory (SSARRL) for FMD
Botswana Vaccine Institute
Broadhurst Industrial Estate
Lejara Road ,
Plots 6385/90
Gaborone BOTSWANA
Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa (PANAFTOSA)
Av. Governador Leonel de Moura Brizola, 7778 (antigua Av. Presidente Kennedy)
CEP 25045-002 São Bento
Duque de Caxias - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD)
1015 Arlington Street,
Winnipeg,
Manitoba,
R3E 3M4
Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute (LVRI)
No.1,
Xujiaping,
Lanzhou City,
Gansu Province,
People's Republic of China
French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)
14, rue Pierre et Marie Curie
94706 Maisons-Alfort
Cedex
ICAR-National Institute on Foot and Mouth Disease
International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease,
Arugul, Jatni, Bhubaneswar-752050,
Odisha,
India
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (IZSLER)
Via Bianchi, 9,
25124 Brescia,
Italy
Federal Governmental Budgetary Institution - Federal Centre for Animal Health (FGBI ARRIAH)
600901 Yur'evets,
Vladimir,
Russia.
Agricultural Research Council - Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (ARC-OVI)
100 Old Soutpan Road (M35),
Onderstepoort,
South Africa.
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA)
175 Anyang-ro,
Manangu,
Anyang city 430-757,
Gyeonggi-do,
Republic of Korea
Regional Reference Laboratory for FMD in South East Asia (RRLSEA)
National Institute of Animal Health,
Department of Livestock Development,
Pakchong,
Nakhonratchasima,
30130,
Thailand
World Reference Lab for Foot and Mouth Disease (WRLFMD)
Vesicular Diseases Reference Laboratories,
The Pirbright Institute,
Pirbright,
UK
Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL)
Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC),
U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
P.O. Box 848,
Greenport,
N.Y. 11944
USA