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Since its creation in 1924, the OIE has become stronger and had gathered more Members. The full list of OIE Members can be consulted here. Find below the countries that have recently joined the Organisation, as well as more information about them.

The global network of OIE Reference Centres is the core of the OIE’s scientific expertise and excellence. An OIE Reference Centre is designated either as a Reference Laboratory or as a Collaborating Centre. Discover on this page the OIE Reference Centres designated in May 2020 in accordance with the adapted procedure. View the comprehensive list of OIE Reference Laboratories and OIE Collaborating Centres.

• New OIE Reference Laboratories

  African swine fever

  Dr David Williams
  CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
  5 Portarlington Road
  Geelong
  Victoria 3220
  AUSTRALIA
  Tel.: +61 52 27 50 00
  E-mail: d.williams@csiro.au
  Website: www.csiro.au/en/Research/Facilities/ACDP/About-ACDP

  This new OIE Reference Laboratory has the expertise and resources necessary for laboratory-based African swine fever (ASF) diagnostics, research, test development and validation. It can perform multidisciplinary diagnostic investigations involving PCR, genotyping, whole genome sequencing, antigen detection, virus isolation, serology, histology, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. Diagnostic testing is performed under a quality assurance system certified to ISO/IEC 9001:2008 and accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005. The Reference Laboratory can supply reference biological reagents and organises annual proficiency testing for swine diseases, including ASF. In addition, it can provide advice, training and capacity building for ASF laboratory diagnostics and techniques. The Reference Laboratory also has the capacity to perform in vivo studies on ASF in high containment large animal rooms at Physical Containment Level 3.

  Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease,
  infection with infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus,
  and
  infection with white spot syndrome virus

  Dr Arun Dhar
  Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory
  The University of Arizona
  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
  1117 E. Lowell Street
  Tucson, Arizona 85721
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  Tel.: +1 520 621 87 27
  E-mail: adhar@email.arizona.edu
  Website: https://aquapath.lab.arizona.edu

  These three new OIE Reference Laboratories focus on diagnosis and research relating to three OIE-listed diseases of crustaceans – acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND), infection with infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV), and infection with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). The laboratories have extensive resources and expertise in diagnosing these diseases using histopathology and molecular methods. These methods are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The Reference Laboratories also provide proficiency tests (also known as ring tests) for AHPND, IHHNV and WSSV and are accredited to ISO 17043:2010. The University of Arizona, Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory also hosts OIE Reference Laboratories for infection with Hepatobacter penaei (necrotising hepatopancreatitis) (NHP) and infection with Taura syndrome virus (TSV). The Reference Laboratories provide scientific and technical assistance, and disease diagnostic trainings to professionals from industry, academia, governmental and non-governmental organisations from OIE Members around the world.

  Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. canis)
  and
  Middle East respiratory syndrome

  Prof. Ulrich Wernery
  Central Veterinary Research Laboratory
  PO Box 597
  Dubai
  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  Tel.: +971 4 337 51 65
  E-mail: cvrl@cvrl.ae
  Website: www.cvrl.ae

  Since 2009, the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (CVRL), Dubai, has been operating as an OIE Reference Laboratory for glanders and for camelpox, and in 2020 it was designated for brucellosis (Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. canis) and for Middle East respiratory syndrome. The CVRL is a diagnostic and research centre that provides animal owners, veterinarians and government entities with a testing facility ensuring excellent quality results for the benefit of animals. Apart from establishing all the necessary laboratory tools for diagnoses, the CVRL conducts various research projects on these diseases and supplies other laboratories with reagents, test kits and veterinary vaccines.

  Classical swine fever

  Dr Trevor Drew
  CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
  5 Portarlington Road
  Geelong
  Victoria 3220
  AUSTRALIA
  Tel.: +61 52 27 50 00
  E-mail: trevor.drew@csiro.au
  Website: www.csiro.au/en/Research/Facilities/ACDP/About-ACDP

  This new OIE Reference Laboratory has the expertise and resources necessary for laboratory-based classical swine fever (CSF) diagnostics, research, test development and validation. It can perform multidisciplinary diagnostic investigations involving PCR, genotyping, whole genome sequencing, antigen detection, virus isolation, serology, histology, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. Diagnostic testing is performed under a quality assurance system certified to ISO/IEC 9001:2008 and accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005. The Reference Laboratory can supply reference biological reagents and organises annual proficiency testing for swine diseases, including CSF. In addition, it can provide advice, training and capacity building for CSF laboratory diagnostics and techniques. The Reference Laboratory also has the capacity to perform in vivo studies on CSF in high containment large animal rooms at Physical Containment Level 3.

  Dourine

  Dr Laurent Hébert
  ANSES – Laboratory for Animal Health
  Physiopathology and Epidemiology of Equine Diseases Unit
  Goustranville
  14430 Dozulé
  FRANCE
  Tel.: +33 2 31 79 22 76
  E-mail: laurent.hebert@anses.fr

  This new OIE Reference Laboratory is dedicated to diagnosis, research and surveillance relating to dourine. It is also a European Union Reference Laboratory for equine diseases, including dourine. It performs diagnostic tests for dourine in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 (complement fixation test) and produces standard sera and antigens available on request. This laboratory also organises inter-laboratory tests as well as training sessions. It develops and validates new methods for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma equiperdum infections and conducts studies on the different treatment approaches as well as on the links between dourine and other equine trypanosomoses.

  Foot and mouth disease (FMD)

  Dr Charles Nfon
  National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease
  Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health
  1015 Arlington Street, Suite T2300
  Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3M4
  CANADA
  Tel.: +1 204 789 20 23
  E-mail: Charles.nfon@canada.ca

  This new OIE Reference Laboratory provides diagnostic services, research, training and scientific consultation services for FMD and other vesicular diseases. The laboratory also performs research on emergency FMD vaccines, vaccine matching, disease transmission, host responses and pathogenesis. Through capacity-building initiatives and related projects, the laboratory has established international collaborations with FMD research groups and laboratories in FMD enzootic countries.

  Highly pathogenic avian influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry)

  Dr Youn-Jeong Lee
  Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency
  Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Rural Affairs
  177, Hyeoksin 8-ro
  Gimcheon-si
  Gyeongsangbuk-do 39660
  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
  Tel.: +82 54 2 912 09 68
  E-mail: leeyj700@korea.kr

  This new OIE Reference Laboratory provides diagnostic testing services and technical consultation for the prevention and control of avian influenza. Also, it is willing to offer diagnostic reagents/kits for the detection of avian influenza virus. Depending on the type of diagnostic reagents or kits requested, the time taken for preparation and dispatch may differ. The laboratory provides international technical support for OIE Members, including training workshops and advice on disease control.

  Infection with Hepatobacter penaei (necrotising hepatopancreatitis)

  Dr Luis Fernando Aranguren
  Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory
  The University of Arizona
  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
  1117 E. Lowell Street
  Tucson, Arizona 85721
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  Tel.: +1 520 621 4438
  E-mail: lfarangu@email.arizona.edu
  Website: https://aquapath.lab.arizona.edu

  This new OIE Reference Laboratory focuses on diagnosis and research relating to an OIE-listed disease of crustaceans – infection with Hepatobacter penaei (necrotising hepatopancreatitis: NHP). The laboratory has extensive experience in NHP diagnosis, including histopathology, PCR and real-time PCR-based diagnostic methods. These methods are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The Reference Laboratory also provides proficiency tests (also known as ring tests) for NHP and is accredited to ISO 17043:2010. The laboratory provides scientific and technical assistance and training to personnel from diagnostic laboratories in the United States of America and other OIE Members.

  Rabies

  Dr Shrikrishna Isloor
  OIE Twinned KVAFSU-CVA Rabies Diagnostic Laboratory
  Department of Microbiology
  Veterinary College
  Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU)
  Hebbal, Bangalore 560024
  INDIA
  Tel.: +91 80 29 53 22 87
  E-mail: rdlkvafsucva@gmail.com

  This new OIE Reference Laboratory will serve the needs of animal rabies research-related activities and act as a centre of excellence in animal rabies, with the main areas of focus being diagnosis of animal rabies and surveillance. It will undertake statutory diagnostic services and provide support to research projects for rabies in the region. The expertise available at the laboratory could provide international test and disease consultancy services. The laboratory is also committed to offering in-house or outreach training in diagnostics and epidemiology as a tool for designing and improving control measures. In addition to activities in the area of diagnosis and control of rabies in animals, the OIE Reference Laboratory will also offer consultancy and training, quality-assurance testing, inter-laboratory comparisons, and provide assistance for the development of quality standards in the region. Training can be provided on site or can be organised in the other regional laboratories or veterinary universities. Such training can cover various diagnostic approaches, including immunological, molecular and cell culture methods, epidemiology and to inform strategies for active surveillance followed by the evaluation of rabies control strategies. The laboratory may also collaborate with the public and private sectors in the field of the development and evaluation of diagnostic assays and applied research.

  Rinderpest

  
  Dr Wei Jia
  USDA–APHIS–VS–NVSL
  Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL)
  Plum Island Animal Disease Center
  PO Box 848
  Greenport, New York 11944
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  Tel.: +1 631 323 33 44
  E-mail: wei.jia@usda.gov
  Website: www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/lab-info-services/sa_about_nvsl/ct_about_faddl

  This new OIE Reference Laboratory is the only laboratory approved to perform rinderpest monitoring and confirmatory diagnosis in the United States of America. The FADDL also manages an OIE/FAO Rinderpest Holding Facility (RHF). To support global rinderpest freedom efforts, FADDL developed non-infectious rinderpest positive controls and sample proficiency testing panels, which are not derived from live rinderpest virus (RPV) and distinguishable from wild RPV and can help diagnostic laboratories maintain rinderpest diagnostic capabilities without using live virus. The Reference Laboratory will further assist the OIE in maintaining global freedom from rinderpest by providing services such as RPV sequestration, rinderpest confirmatory testing, harmonisation and validation of testing methods, and proficiency testing to RHFs and other laboratories in Members.

• New OIE Collaborating Centres

  Continuing education and veterinary capacity building

  Centre national de veille zoosanitaire (CNVZ)
  38, avenue Charles Nicolle
  Cité Mahrajène 1082
  Tunis
  TUNISIA
  Tel.: +216 71 84 97 90 / 71 84 98 12
  E-mail: bo.cnvz@iresa.agrinet.tn
  Website: www.cnvz.agrinet.tn

  The CNVZ is a public institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources of Tunisia. In addition to its animal disease watch and surveillance missions, it offers expertise in the field of postgraduate training and veterinary capacity building, particularly in training tools using a competency-based approach. The CNVZ is ready to promote continuing education for Veterinary Services and to provide technical and educational assistance in developing and managing training mechanisms for OIE Members. The OIE Collaborating Centre will support the activities of the OIE Platform for the Training of Veterinary Services.

  Quality management systems

  Veterinary Laboratories Division
  Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)
  PO Box 52150
  Mohammed Bin Zayed City
  Capital Mall
  Abu Dhabi
  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  Tel.: +971 2 818 1410
  E-mail: Salama.almuhairi@adafsa.gov.ae

  The ADAFSA Veterinary Laboratories Division is a government diagnostic and research laboratory with extensive experience in quality management systems. It is accredited and certified for several standards, including ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (laboratory management systems), ISO 22301:2012 (business continuity management systems), and PAS 99 (integrated management systems). In addition to its work on quality management systems in veterinary laboratories, ADAFSA Veterinary Laboratories Division participates in national and international activities in the field of animal health. As an OIE Collaborating Centre, the ADAFSA Veterinary Laboratories Division will share its experience and knowledge of quality management systems and business continuity and will provide training to other laboratories and institutes to implement OIE standards related to quality management systems and sustainability. It will also use its expertise to support the OIE effort to implement its strategic goals related to the capacity and sustainability of veterinary laboratories.