EURL
European Union Reference Laboratory for
Foot-and-Mouth disease
Training
FMDV diagnostic training - From 11th to 22nd March 2024
The European Union Reference Laboratory organizes each year trainings...
News
Outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Türkiye
The SAT2 FMDV previously identified in Iraq and Jordan has recently been...
News
Outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease
A report of several FMD outbreaks in Iraq has been mentioned recently....
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 disease (COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/136 of 25 January 2018)