OIE Reference Laboratories are designated to pursue all the scientific and technical problems relating to a named disease. The Expert, responsible to the OIE and its Member Countries with regard to the disease, should be a leading and active researcher helping the Reference Laboratory to provide scientific and technical assistance and expert advice on topics linked to diagnosis and control of the disease for which the Reference Laboratory is responsible. Reference Laboratories should also provide scientific and technical training for personnel from Member Countries, and coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other laboratories or organisations, including through the OIE Laboratory Twinning programe.
About Classical Swine Fever
Classical swine fever (CSF), also known as hog cholera, is a contagious viral disease of domestic and wild swine. It is caused by a virus of the genus Pestivirus of the family Flaviviridae, which is closely related to the viruses that cause bovine viral diarrhoea in cattle and border disease in sheep. There is only one serotype of CSF virus (CSFV). CSF is a disease listed by the OIE World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code and must be reported to the OIE (OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code).
https://www.oie.int/en/animal-health-in-the-world/animal-diseases/Classical-swine-fever/
Links OIE
https://www.oie.int/en/animal-health-in-the-world/animal-diseases/Classical-swine-fever/
https://www.oie.int/en/scientific-expertise/reference-laboratories/terms-of-reference/
Contact reference expert:
llilianne.ganges@irta.cat
Telephone: +34 93 467 40 40 ext. 1786
Campus UAB, Edifici CReSA s/n, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Spain
Contact for material:
Dr. Xavier Abad
xavier.abad@irta.cat
Tel. +34 93 467 40 40 ext.1712
