EURL
European Union Reference Laboratory for
Foot-and-Mouth disease
News
Outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Tunisia
The FMDV ihas recently been identified in Tunisia. The FMD symptoms were...
News
Outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Algeria
The FMDV has been identified in Algeria. The FMD symptoms were observed in...
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)