EURL
European Union Reference Laboratory for
Foot-and-Mouth disease
Training
FMDV diagnostic training 2026
The European Union Reference Laboratory organizes each year trainings...
News
New rt RT-PCR for the detection of the SAT1/III FMDV (candidate assay)
In response to the emergence of SAT1/III in the Middle East and European...
News
Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Greece
An outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease has been reported in Greece (Island of...
News
Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Cyprus
An outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease has been reported in Cyprus 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)