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Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Slovakia

An outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease has been reported in Slovakia in...
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Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Hungary

An outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease has been reported in Hungary in...
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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...

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)