Recent outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Comoros (December 2022)   In December 2022, Foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been identified in Ngazidja, Comoros (information delivered by National Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment (INRAPE) and the breeding department). The disease seems to arrive from Tanzania and Kenya aboard a boat which transported animals (oxen and goats). INRAPE calls for compliance with the measures introduced pending the identification of the strain of the disease, which will make it possible to introduce the appropriate vaccine. For more information: - https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=20221227.8707478; - https://www.al-fajrquotidien.com/sante-la-fievre-aphteuse-signalee-a-ngazidja/

The registration to the 14th workshop for rabies that will be held on 21 and 22 June 2023 in Ljubljana  is now open. As the previous edition, the workshop will be an hybrid conference event. This will allow, participants to choose whether to participate remotely, or physically. This 14th session of the workshop for rabies will address the current situation of rabies surveillance and control in EU. More details like the provisional agenda will be soon relayed to registered participants. Registration to this event is restricted to National reference laboratories from the EU and selected partners of the EURL network and can be done until Febuary 27, 2023 .  See you soon in Ljubljana ! 

EURL GUIDANCE : EURL Guidance Document on the Extension of quantitative confirmation methods  -  Version 1.0 of 22 July 2021 Published on 04/01/2022

EURL GUIDANCE : EURL Guidance Document on confirmation methods validation  -  Version 1.1 of 25 November 2021 Published on 04/01/2022

Agenda Program 2023 is now available since January 2023.

Five cases of vesicular disease in pigs identified on farms in England. For more information, find a link here.

The new year started with changes for the Estonian NRL for Listeria monocytogenes. As of 1 January 2023, the Veterinary and Food Laboratory bears a new name – Riigi Laboriuuringute ja Riskihindamise Keskus (LABRIS) or in English the National Centre for Laboratory Research and Risk Assessment. Because of the change, all e-mail addresses have changed (firstname.surname@labris.agri.ee). The address of homepage has also changed to www.labris.ee. At the same time, the old website address will continue to function in parallel for another year, and emails sent to the old addresses will be forwarded automatically.

Au colloque Chlordécone en Guadeloupe pour présenter nos travaux sur l'impact des traitements thermiques (et en particulier les micro-ondes) sur cette molécule: https://lnkd.in/e-BXsYDi

The EURL Team is pleased to launch a call for participation in a rabies diagnostic proficiency test that will be organized in 2023. Registration ends on January 6th 2023 and is restricted to network members who received an invitation. The test will be performed on a unique panel to evaluate the rabies diagnosis conclusion on 10 samples using at least one of the following techniques: FAT (Fluorescent Antibody Test), RTCIT (Rabies Tissue Culture Infection Test), Conventional RT-PCR and Real-Time RT-PCR. The EURL Team would like to thank in advance all laboratories who will register to this proficiency test.