EURL
European Union Reference Laboratory for
Foot-and-Mouth disease
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rtRT-PCR for the detection of O/ME-SA/SA-2018 FMDV
This real-time RT-PCR is a molecular tool for detection of Foot-and-mouth...
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Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Germany
An outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease has been reported in Germany in water...
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Mission in Azerbaijan
As part of its WOAH and FAO mandates, the EURL for FMD took part in the...
Welcome to the website of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Foot and Mouth disease
The European Council and the Commission have designated European Union Reference Laboratories (EURLs) with scientific and technical expertise within the areas of animal health, public health and zootechnics in a number of legal acts to prevent, control and eradicate major animal diseases.
The consortium between ANSES (France) and Sciensano (Belgium) is appointed as European Union Reference Laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease (COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/136 of 25 January 2018)