OIE Reference Laboratories are designated to pursue all the scientific and technical problems relating to a named disease or specific topic. The role of a Reference Laboratory is to function as a centre of expertise and standardisation of diagnostic techniques for its designated disease. The Expert, responsible to the OIE and its Members with regard to these issues, should be a leading and active researcher helping the Reference Laboratory to provide scientific and technical assistance and expert advice on topics linked to surveillance and control of the disease for which the Reference Laboratory is responsible. They may also provide scientific and technical training for personnel from Members, and coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other laboratories or organisations (see OIE Mandate and Internal Rules for Reference Laboratories).
In 2011, the OIE has a global network of 225 Reference Laboratories with 166 experts covering 111 diseases/topics in 37 countries. In Asia-Pacific region, 36 Reference Laboratories with 31 experts covering 32 diseases/topics are located in 8 countries.
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OIE Reference Laboratories located in Asia and the Pacific Region
- Bluetongue
- Bovine babesiosis
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Bovine tuberculosis
- Bovine viral diarrhoea
- Brucellosis (Brucella abortus)
- Classical swine fever
- Echinococcosis/hydatidosis
- Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis
- Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
- Equine infectious anaemia
- Equine piroplasmosis
- Equine viral arteritis
- Foot and mouth disease
- Hendra and Nipah virus diseases
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry)
- Infection with Abalone Herpes-like Virus
- Infection with Batrachochytrim dendrobatidis
- Infection with ranavirus
- Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic
- Koi herpesvirus disease
- Leptospirosis
- Newcastle disease
- Oncorhynchus masou virus disease
- Paratuberculosis
- Red sea bream iridoviral disease
- Sheep pox and goat pox
- Spherical baculovirosis (Panaeus monodon-type baculovirus)
- Spring viraemia of carp
- Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
- Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy
- White spot disease
- White tail disease
- Yellow head disease
- Bluetongue
- Dr Peter Daniels
- CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
- 5 Portarlington Road, Private Bag 24, Geelong 3220, Victoria
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 52.27.50.00 Fax: (61.3) 52.27.55.55
- Email: peter.daniels@csiro.au
- Bovine babesiosis
- Prof. Ikuo Igarashi
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
- Inada-cho Nishi 2-13, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.155) 49.56.42 Fax: (81.155) 49.56.43
- Email: igarcpmi@obihiro.ac.jp
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Dr Takashi Yokoyama
- Prion Diseases Research Unit, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural Research Organization
- 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.298) 38.78.40 Fax: (81.298) 38.83.32
- Email: tyoko@affrc.go.jp
- Bovine viral diarrhoea
- Dr Peter Kirkland
- Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute (EMAI), Virology Laboratory
- PMB 8, Camden NSW 2570
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61-2) 46.40.63.31 Fax: (61-2) 46.40.64.29
- Email: peter.kirkland@dpi.nsw.gov.au
- Brucellosis (Brucella abortus)
- Dr Suk-chan Jung
- Zoonosis Laboratory, Bacteriology and Parasitology Division, National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS), Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MIFAFF)
- 480 Anyang 6-dong, Manan-gu, Anyang-si, Kyunggi-do
- KOREA (REP. OF)
- Tel: (82.31) 467.17.65 Fax: (82.31) 467.17.78
- Email: jungsc@nvrqs.go.kr
- Classical swine fever
- Dr Shunji Yamada
- National Institute of Animal Health
- 6-20-1 Josui-honcho, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-0022
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.42) 321.14.41 Fax: (81.42) 325.51.22
- Email: musasabi@affrc.go.jp
- Echinococcosis/hydatidosis
- Prof. Masao Kamiya
- Laboratory of Environmental Zoology, Department of Biosphere and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Systems, Rakuno-Gakuen University
- Midori-machi 582, Ebetsu 069-8501
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.11) 388.49.09 Fax: (81.11) 388.49.09
- Email: mkamiya@rakuno.ac.jp
- Web: http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~fea/
- Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis
- Dr Alex Hyatt (1)
- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO Livestock Industries
- 5 Portarlington Road, Private Bag 24( Ryrie Street), Geelong, Victoria 3220
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 52.27.00.00 Fax: (61.3) 52.27.55.55
- Email: alex.hyatt@csiro.au
- Dr Richard Whittington (2)
- Chair Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
- 425 Werombi Road, Private Bag 3, Camden NSW 2570
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.2) 93.51.16.19 Fax: (61.2) 93.51.16.18
- Email: richardw@camdem.usyd.edu.au
- Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
- Dr Somkiat Kanchanakhan
- Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute (AAHRI), Department of Fisheries, Kasetsart University Campus
- Paholyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
- THAILAND
- Tel: (66.2) 579.41.22 Fax: (66.2) 561.39.93
- Email: kanchanakhan@yahoo.com
- Equine infectious anaemia
- Dr Kenji Murakami
- Viral disease Section, National Institute of Animal Health
- 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.29) 838.78.41 Fax: (81.29) 838.79.07
- Email: muraken@affrc.go.jp
- Equine infectious anaemia
- Dr Jianhua Zhou
Laboratory of Equine Infectious Anemia
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
427 Maduan Street
Harbin 150001
CHINA (PEOPLE'S REP. OF)
Tel: +86-189 46.06.61.24 Fax: +86-451 82.73.31.32
Email: jianhua_uc@126.com
- Equine piroplasmosis
- Prof. Ikuo Igarashi
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
- Inada-cho Nishi 2-13, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.155) 49.56.42 Fax: (81.155) 49.56.43
- Email: igarcpmi@obihiro.ac.jp
- Equine viral arteritis
- Dr Takashi Kondo
- Epizootic Research Center, Equine Research Institute, The Japan Racing Association
- K1400-4, Shiba, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0412
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.285) 44.00.90 Fax: (81.285) 40.10.64
- Email: kondo@epizoo.equinst.go.jp
- Foot and mouth disease
- Dr Wilai Linchongsubongkoch
- Department of Livestock Development
- Pakchong, Nakhon Ratchasima 30130
- THAILAND
- Tel: (66.44) 27.91.12 Fax: (66.44) 31.48.89
- Email: wilaifmd@loxinfo.co.th
- Email: rrl@dld.go.th
- Dr Xiangtao Liu
- Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute CAAS
- National Foot and Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory
- Xujiaping No.1, Yanchangpu
- Lanzhou, Gansu province 730046
- CHINA (PEOPLE'S REP. OF)
- Tel: +86-931 834.25.85 Fax: +86-931 834.09.77
- Email: hnxiangtao@hotmail.com
- Email: shiqisun21@hotmail.com
- Hendra and Nipah virus diseases
- Dr Peter Daniels
- CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
- 5 Portarlington Road, Private Bag 24, Geelong 3220, Victoria
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 52.27.50.00 Fax: (61.3) 52.27.55.55
- Email: peter.daniels@csiro.au
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry)
- Dr Hualan Chen
- National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, Animal Influenza Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS
- 427 Maduan Street, Harbin 150001
- CHINA (People's Republic of)
- Tel: (86-451) 85.93.50.79 Fax: (86-451) 82.73.31.32
- Email: hlchen1@yahoo.com
- Email: hlchen@hvri.ac.cn
- Web: http://hvri.ac.cn
- Dr Paul W. Selleck
- CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
- 5 Portarlington Road, Private Bag 24, Geelong 3220, Victoria
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 52.27.50.00 Fax: (61.3) 52.27.55.55
- Email: paul.selleck@csiro.au
- Prof. Hiroshi Kida
- Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Department of Disease Control
- Kita-18, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.11) 706.52.07 Fax: (81.11) 706.52.73
- Email: kida@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp
- Dr Shiv Chandra Dubey
- High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- INDIA
- Tel: (91.755) 275.92.04 Fax: (91.755) 275.88.42
- Email: scd_11@yahoo.in
- Infection with Abalone Herpes-like Virus
- Prof. Pen Heng Chang
- School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University
- 1, Sec.4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106
- CHINESE TAIPEI
- Tel: (886.2) 33.66.12.96 Fax: (886.2) 23.66.14.75
- Email: penheng@ntu.edu.tw
- Dr Mark Crane
Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
CSIRO Livestock Industries
5 Portarlington Road
East Geelong, Victoria 3220
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61-3 52.27.51.18 Fax: +61-3 52.27.55.55
Email: mark.crane@csiro.au
- Infection with Batrachochytrim dendrobatidis
- Dr Alex Hyatt
- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO Livestock Industries
- 5 Portarlington Road, Private Bag 24( Ryrie Street), Geelong, Victoria 3220
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 52.27.00.00 Fax: (61.3) 52.27.55.55
- Email: alex.hyatt@csiro.au
- Infection with ranavirus
- Dr Alex Hyatt (1)
- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO Livestock Industries
- 5 Portarlington Road, Private Bag 24( Ryrie Street), Geelong, Victoria 3220
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 52.27.00.00 Fax: (61.3) 52.27.55.55
- Email: alex.hyatt@csiro.au
- Dr Richard Whittington (2)
- Chair Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
- 425 Werombi Road, Private Bag 3, Camden NSW 2570
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.2) 93.51.16.19 Fax: (61.2) 93.51.16.18
- Email: richardw@camdem.usyd.edu.au
- Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis
- Dr Jie Huang
Molecular Pathology Laboratory
Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
106 Nanjing Road, Qingdao
Shandong 266071
CHINA (PEOPLE'S REP. OF)
Tel: +86 532 5823062 ext. 802 Fax: +86 532 5811514
Email: huangjie@ysfri.ac.cn
Email: aquadis@ysfri.ac.cn
- Koi herpesvirus disease
- Dr Kei Yuasa
- National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency
- 422-1 Nakatsuhamaura, Minami-ise, Mie 516-0193
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.599) 66.18.30 Fax: (81.599) 66.19.62
- skhv-lab@affrc.go.jp
- Leptospirosis
- Dr Lee D. Smythe
- WHO/FAO/OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Western Pacific Region, Queensland Health Scientific Services
- 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, P.O. Box 594, Archerfield, Queensland 4108
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.7) 32.74.90.64 Fax: (61.7) 32.74.91.75
- Email: lee_smythe@health.qld.gov.au
- Newcastle disease
- Dr Paul W. Selleck
- CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
- 5 Portarlington Road, Private Bag 24, Geelong 3220, Victoria
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 52.27.50.00 Fax: (61.3) 52.27.55.55
- Email: paul.selleck@csiro.au
- Dr Kang-Seuk Choi
- National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF)
- 335 Joongang-ro, Manan-gu, Anyang, Gyeonggi 430-757
- KOREA (REP. OF)
- Tel: (82.31) 467.18.21 Fax: (82.31) 467.18.14
- Email: kchoi0608@korea.kr
- Email: choiks@nvrqs.go.kr
- Oncorhynchus masou virus disease
- Dr Mamoru Yoshimizu
- Laboratory of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Faculty of Fisheries, Microbiology Department
- 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.138) 40.88.10 Fax: (81.138) 40.88.10
- Email: yosimizu@fish.hokudai.ac.jp
- Paratuberculosis
- Dr Jacek Gwozdz
- Johne's Disease Laboratory, Research and Development Division, Department of Primary Industries
- 475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, Victoria 3049
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 92.17.42.00 Fax: (61.3) 92.17.42.99
- Email: jacek.gwozdz@dpi.vic.gov.au
- Red sea bream iridoviral disease
- Dr Kazuhiro Nakajima
- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency
- 2-12-4 Fukuura, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 236-8048
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.45) 788.76.15 Fax: (81.45) 788.50.01
- Email: rsiv-lab@fra.affrc.go.jp
- Sheep pox and goat pox
- Dr Hamid Reza Varshovi
- RAZI Vaccine and Serum Research Institute
- P.O. Box 31975/148, Hessarak, Karadj, Teheran
- IRAN
- Tel: (98.21) 311.79.08 Fax: (98.261) 455.31.94
- Email: int@rvsri.com
- Email: hr_varshovi@yahoo.com
- Spherical baculovirosis (Panaeus monodon-type baculovirus)
- Dr Grace Lo
- Department and Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University
- 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106
- CHINESE TAIPEI
- Tel: (886.2) 23.63.35.62 Fax: (886.2) 23.63.81.79
- Email: gracelow@ntu.edu.tw
- Spring viraemia of carp
-
Dr Hong Liu
Shenzhen Exit & Entry Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, AQSIQ
2049 Heping Road
Shenzhen, 518001
CHINA (PEOPLE'S REP. OF)
Tel: +86-755 25.58.84.10 Fax: +86-755 25.58.86.30
Email: liuhong@szciq.gov.cn
- Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
- Prof. Noboru Inoue
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
- Inada-cho Nishi 2-13, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.155) 49.56.47 Fax: (81.155) 49.56.43
- Email: ircpmi@obihiro.ac.jp
- Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy
- Dr Toshihiro Nakai
- Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Laboratory of Fish Pathology
- Higashi Hiroshima 739-8528
- JAPAN
- Tel: (81.82) 424.79.47 Fax: (81.82) 424.43.80
- Email: nakaitt@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
- White spot disease
- Dr Grace Lo
- Department and Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University
- 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106
- CHINESE TAIPEI
- Tel: (886.2) 23.63.35.62 Fax: (886.2) 23.63.81.79
- Email: gracelow@ntu.edu.tw
- Dr Jie Huang
- Molecular Pathology Laboratory Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute
- Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
- 106 Nanjing Road, Qingdao Shandong 266071
- CHINA (PEOPLE'S REP. OF)
- Tel: +86 532 5823062 ext. 802 Fax: +86 532 5811514
- Email: huangjie@ysfri.ac.cn
- Email: aquadis@ysfri.ac.cn
- White tail disease
- Dr A. Sait Sahul Hameed
- C. Abdul Hakeem College, Aquaculture Biotechnology Division, Department of Zoology
- Melvisharam-632 509, Vellore Dt. Tamil Nadu
- INDIA
- Tel: (91.4172) 26.94.87 Fax: (91.4172) 26.94.87
- Email: cah_sahul@hotmail.com
- Yellow head disease
- Dr Peter Walker
- CSIRO, Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health (AAHL)
- 5 Portarlington Road, Private Bag 24, Geelong 3220, Victoria
- AUSTRALIA
- Tel: (61.3) 52.27.54.65 Fax: (61.3) 52.27.55.55
- Email: peter.walker@csiro.au