News, Eventi e Visite

From the 9th to the 11th of April 2014, the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” hosted the Workshop of the European Reference Laboratory for Listeria monocytogenes (EURL-Lm) and the Steering Committee meeting, constituted by the representatives of nine member states, for the management of the EURL-Lm Listeria monocytogenes Database.

From the 31st to the 4th April 2014, four experts from the Croatian Veterinary Institute and two from the Centre for Ecotoxicological Research of Montenegro, will attended the Laboratory of Bromatology, Residues in foods for human and animal consumption of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” for a period of training on the determination of marine biotoxins.

Within the framework of an OIE Twinning project, Shuvai Musari and Joan Varaidzo Burumu from the Zimbabwean Central Veterinary Laboratory are attending the IZSAM for a period of training on Brucellosis until the 11th of April 2014.

The workshop was held in Warsaw from the 11th to the 12th of April 2014. The event are being organized by the European Commission with the aim of providing both freelance and official veterinarians with a deeper understanding of animal welfare.

Two Mexican students are in Teramo for a training period on the use of Real-Time PCR in the Department of biotechnological research and development of the IZS of Abruzzo and Molise Regions “G. Caporale”.

In late February 2014, staff members from the IZSAM carried out a pre-audit at the National Animal Disease Diagnostic and Epidemiology Centre in Entebbe (Uganda) in order to perform the preliminary assessment on the installation and use of the SILAB.

In order to make navigation more effective and give more importance to the IZSAM services and research activities, graphics and contents of its website were renewed.

The first meeting of the Scientific Committee of the IZS of Abruzzo and Molise has been held in Teramo. The Committee was set up to evaluate the Centre research proposals in order to ensure a high profile research which shall be competitive on the international level.