ANSES

Laboratoire de Santé Animale (Maisons-Alfort), Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (ANSES)

ARC-OVR

Agricultural Reseach Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Campus

BVI

Department of Animal Health and Production, Botswana Vaccine Institute

FADDL

Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories

FGBI "ARRIAH"

Federal Centre for Animal Health, Federal Governmental Budgetary Institution

ICAR-NIFMD

National Institute on Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Indian Council of Agricultural Research

IZSLER

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna

LVRI

Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

NCFAD

National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

PANAFTOSA/VPH

Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization

QIA

Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

RRLSEA

Regional Reference Laboratory for FMD in South East Asia, National Institute of Animal Health

Sciensano

Sciensano

SENASA

Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Y Calidad Agroalimentaria

WBVR, Lelystad

WBVR

Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Wageningen University & Research

WRLFMD

World Reference Lab for Foot and Mouth Disease, The Pirbright Institute

The purpose of the Network of WOAH/FAO FMD Reference Laboratoriesis to make available accurate and timely data to support global surveillance and control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease:

The goals of the Network are:

  1. Understanding global Foot-and-mouth disease virus distribution and patterns in order to identify threats and make vaccine recommendations
  2. Improving the quality of laboratory tests from international and national reference laboratories
  3. 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.

WOAH/FAO FMD Reference Laboratories Annual Meeting

Regional Groups

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. 

FMD roadmaps

EARLN Meeting December 2017

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2017. 

EARLN meeting

WOAH-FAO FMD Reference Laboratory Network

Locations of the laboratories in the WOAH-FAO FMD Reference Laboratory Network.