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:
- 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.
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.
EARLN Meeting December 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2017.
WOAH-FAO FMD Reference Laboratory Network
Locations of the laboratories in the WOAH-FAO FMD Reference Laboratory Network.
- ANSES
- ARC-OVR
- BVI
- FADDL
- FGBI ARRIAH
- ICAR-NIFMD
- IZSLER
- LVRI
- NCFAD
- PANAFTOSA/VPH
- QIA
- RRLSEA
- Sciensano
- SENASA
- WBVR
- WRLFMD
French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)
14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie
94706 Maisons-Alfort
France
Agricultural Research Council - Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (ARC-OVR)
100 Old Soutpan Road (M35)
Onderstepoort
South Africa
OIE Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Reference laboratory (SSARRL) for FMD
Botswana Vaccine Institute
Broadhurst Industrial Estate
Lejara Road, Plots 6385/90
Gaborone
BOTSWANA
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
Federal Governmental Budgetary Institution - Federal Centre for Animal Health (FGBI "ARRIAH")
600901 Yur'evets
Vladimir
Russia
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
Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute (LVRI)
No.1
Xujiaping
Lanzhou City
Gansu Province
People's Republic of China
National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD)
1015 Arlington Street
Winnipeg
Manitoba
R3E 3M4
Canada
Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa y Salud Pública Veterinaria (PANAFTOSA/VPH)
Av. Governador Leonel de Moura Brizola, 7778 (antigua Av. Presidente Kennedy)
CEP 25045-002 São Bento
Duque de Caxias
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Reports of activites at PANAFTOSA.
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
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
World Reference Lab for Foot and Mouth Disease (WRLFMD)
Vesicular Diseases Reference Laboratories
The Pirbright Institute
Ash Road
Pirbright
Woking
GU24 0NF
Reports to the OIE and FAO of activites at the WRLFMD.