Reference laboratories
National reference centres
The Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie is currently the Italian National reference centre for:
The various national reference centre operating at the IZSVe perform the following activities planned at the governmental level: confirming diagnoses made by other laboratories, implementing the standardization of methods, conducting the appropriate “ring tests” (inter-laboratory controls), preparing intervention plans, collaborating with other EU or international reference centers, providing specialised assistance and information to the Ministry of Health.
International reference laboratories
The IZSVe has been appointed as:
- European Union reference laboratory (EURL) for avian influenza and Newcastle disease
- FAO reference centre for animal influenza and Newcastle disease
- FAO reference centre for rabies
- OIE collaborating centre for diseases at the animal/human interface
- OIE collaborating centre for epidemiology, training and control of emerging avian diseases
- OIE reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease
- OIE reference laboratory for salmonellosis
- OIE reference laboratory for viral encephalopathy and retinopathy of marine fish
These laboratories are responsible for facing the various scientific and technical problems associated with the diseases included in the OIE lists, and are centers of excellence which in addition to conducting research on a specific disease also work towards the standardization of diagnostic techniques.
Latest news from the IZSVe
Integration of genetic and epidemiological data during the 2016-2017 avian influenza epidemic in Italy
The Italian National reference center for beekeeping at Apimondia 2019, from 13th to 15th February in Rome
OIE Twinning Project between the IZSVe and the National Veterinary Research Institute of Nigeria, the first year of activities
The new European Union reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease starts its activities
Webinar «Rabies: Share the message. Save a life», Friday 28th September 2018