Partnership

This initiative has been promoted by six Italian Istituti Zooprofilattici Sperimentali (IIZZSS). In close coordination with regional Veterinary Services and health authorities, the IIZZSS provide research, diagnostics, surveillance, and capacity building on animal health and welfare and food safety in the One Health perspective, meeting EU legal requirements and International Standards.

IZS Reference Centres Table
IZS National Reference Centres and Laboratories WOAH Collaborating Centres and Reference Laboratories Other EU and International Collaborating Centres and Reference Laboratories
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise (IZSAM)

National Reference Centre (NRC) for:

  • Study and verification of Foreign Animal Diseases (CESME)
  • Veterinary Epidemiology, Programming, Information and Risk Analysis (COVEPI)
  • National Animal Identification and Registration (CSN)
  • Brucellosis
  • Urban Hygiene and Non-Epidemic Emergencies (IUVENE)
  • Whole Genome Sequencing of microbial pathogens: database and bioinformatics analysis

National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for:

  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Campylobacter
  • Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants in Feed and Food

WOAH Collaborating Centre (CC) for:

  • Veterinary Training and Capacity Building
  • Epidemiology, Modelling and Surveillance
  • Animal Production Food Safety

Multinational WOAH Collaborating Centre for Animal Welfare

WOAH Reference Laboratory (RL) for:

  • Brucellosis
  • Bluetongue
  • Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
  • West Nile Fever

EU Reference Laboratory (RL) for:

  • Rift Valley Fever

European Reference Centre for the welfare of ruminants and equines (EURCAW Ruminants and Equines)

FAO Reference Centre (RC) for:

  • Veterinarian Epidemiology
  • Zoonotic Coronaviruses (with IZS-Venezie)
  • One Health
  • Animal Health and Food Safety
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno (IZSM)

National Reference Centre (NRC) for:

  • Analysis and Study of the Correlation between Environment, Animal and Human
  • Hygiene and Technologies of Water Buffalo Farming and Productions
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata (IZSPB)

National Reference Centre (NRC) for:

  • Anthrax
  • Radioactivity Research in the Veterinary Livestock Sector

National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for:

  • Treatment of Food and Food Ingredients with Ionising Radiation
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia (IZSSI)

National Reference Centre (NRC) for:

  • Anaplasma, Babesia, Rickettsia, Theileria
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Anisakiasis
  • Welfare, Monitoring and Diagnosis of Sea Turtle Diseases

WOAH Reference Laboratory (RL) for:

  • Babesiosis
  • Contagious agalactia
  • Leishmaniosis
  • Theileriosis
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Del Piemonte-Liguria-Valle D'Aosta (IZSPLV)

National Reference Centre (NRC) for:

  • Diagnostic Activities in Stranded Marine Mammals
  • Detection in food of substances and products that cause allergies or intolerances
  • Biological Investigations on Animal Anabolic Agents (CIBA)
  • Veterinary and Comparative Oncology (CEROVEC)
  • Diseases of Wild Animals (CeRMAS)
  • Study and Research on Animal Encephalopathies and Comparative Neuropathologies (CEA)
  • Surveillance and Control of Foodstuffs for Animals (C.Re.A.A.)

National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for:

  • CPS North Ireland
  • Coagulase-positive staphylococci including S. aureus
  • Animal proteins in feed
  • Additives used in animal feed
  • Metals and nitrogen compounds in animal feed
  • Pesticides in cereals and animal feed

WOAH Reference Laboratory (RL) for:

  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
  • Scrapie

WOAH Collaborating Centre for the Health of Marine Mammals

EU Reference Laboratory (RL) for:

  • Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna (IZSLER)

National Reference Centre (NRC) for:

  • Vesicular Disease (CERVES)
  • Leptospirosis
  • Chlamydiosis (CReNCla)
  • Aujeszky's disease
  • Animal welfare
  • Education in veterinary public health
  • Alternative methods, welfare and care of laboratory animals
  • Bovine tuberculosis (M. bovis)
  • Tularaemia
  • Viral diseases of lagomorphs
  • Quality of bovine milk
  • Paratuberculosis
  • Emerging risks in food safety

National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for:

  • Foot and Mouth Disease
  • Bovine tuberculosis (M. bovis)

WOAH Reference Laboratory (RL) for:

  • Foot and Mouth Disease
  • Swine vesicular disease
  • Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease
  • Swine Influenza
  • Myxomatosis of rabbits
  • Paratuberculosis

Collaborative Centre WOAH for Veterinary Biologicals Biobank

FAO Reference Centre (RC) for:

  • Foot and Mouth Disease and Swine Vesicular Disease