IZSVe | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Italian health authority and research organization for animal health and food safety
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Rabies, the IZSVe supports the veterinary services of Liberia and Burkina Faso
The IZSVe appointed as European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for avian influenza
OIE twinning project between the IZSVe and the Tunisian Veterinary Research Institute
GIS online training course «The use of GIS in animal disease response»
Fighting against zoonoses and illegal pet trade. The Biocrime project
The IZSVe fly to China for an OIE cooperation project on the use of GIS
Targetfish, a vaccination strategy to support the European aquaculture industry
Research to combat avian influenza. Successful kick-off of DELTA-FLU project
Natural toxins in honey, a laboratory method for detecting their presence

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Rabies, the IZSVe supports the veterinary services of Liberia and Burkina Faso

The IZSVe appointed as European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for avian influenza and Newcastle disease

OIE twinning project between the IZSVe and the Tunisian Veterinary Research Institute (IRVT)

GIS online training course «The use of GIS in animal disease response»

Fighting against zoonoses and illegal pet trade. The Biocrime project

The IZSVe fly to China for an OIE cooperation project on the use of Geographic Information System (GIS)

Targetfish, a vaccination strategy to support the European aquaculture industry

Research to combat avian influenza. Successful kick-off of DELTA-FLU project

Natural toxins in honey, a laboratory method for detecting their presence

About us

The Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) is an Italian public health authority deputed to conduct prevention, control, research and services in the fields of animal health and food safety.

The IZSVe is located at Legnaro (Padua, North-East Italy) and belongs to the Italian National Health Service. It’s part of a network that consists of nine other institutes, each responsible of controls and research activities for a specific geographical area.

The IZSVe employs more than 600 people, including veterinarians, biologists, chemists, technicians and administration staff.

Reference laboratories

The IZSVe is a national and international reference centre for the following animal health and food safety topics:

Avian influenza & Newcastle disease
Beekeeping
Diseases at the animal/human interface
Emerging avian diseases
Fish, crustacean and mollusc pathology
Pet Therapy
Rabies
Salmonellosis

Activities & Services

The IZSVe provides technical support in veterinary and food safety activities to public and private organizations. Some of the fields IZSVe is involved in:

Animal welfare
Diagnostic services
Food risk communication
Geographic information systems (GIS)
International cooperation
Training
Veterinary biobank

Research

The IZSVe carries out research activities in the animal health and food safety fields in order to develop new diagnostic techniques as well as vaccines and vaccination procedures.

Most research activities regard:

animal health and welfare
zoonoses
epidemiology
food safety
risk analysis
risk communication

Highlights

About us

Reference laboratories

Activities & Services

Research