Institute of Diagnostic Virology (IVD)
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The Institute of Diagnostic Virology focuses on the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of virus diseases of farm animals which are of importance in veterinary medicine. Special emphasis is laid on notifiable animal diseases. Thus, the institute houses reference laboratories for
- classical swine fever,
- fowl plague,
- Newcastle disease,
- infections with bovine herpesvirus 1,
- equine infectious anemia,
- foot- and mouth-disease,
- swine vesicular disease,
- vesicular stomatitis and
- African swine fever,
the reference laboratory for bovine viral diarrhea/mucosal disease as well as reference laboratories for exotic animal diseases such as orbivirus infections or rinderpest.
The reference laboratories are accredited according to ISO / IEC 17025. In addition to mainly application-oriented research, they fulfil official tasks pursuant to national and European legislation. Furthermore, the laboratories for fowl plague, Newcastle disease and BHV-1 are designated OIE reference laboratories.
Reference Laboratories
Institute of Diagnostic Virology
- National Reference Laboratory for Monkeypox
- National Reference Laboratory for African Horse Sickness (AHS)
- National Reference Laboratory for Fowl Plague (AI)
- National Reference Laboratory for African Swine Fever (ASF)
- National Reference Laboratory for Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 Infection
- National Reference Laboratory for Bluetongue Disease (BTV)
- National Reference Laboratory for Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)
- National Reference Laboratory for Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD)
- National Reference Laboratory for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
- National Reference Laboratory for Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA)
- National Reference Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever
- National Reference Laboratory for Lumpy-skin-Disease (LSD)
- National Reference Laboratories for Foot- and Mouth-Disease, Swine Vesicular Disease and Vesicular Stomatitis
- National Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease (ND)
- National Reference Laboratory for Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)
- National Reference Laboratory for Sheep and Goat Pox and for Lumpy-skin-Disease
- National Reference Laboratory for Rinderpest