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    Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health)

    2. Responsible public or private organization or company: 
    Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
    3. Location and postal address
    Südufer 10, D-17493 Greifswald – Insel Riems
    4. Source(s) of financing of the reported activity, including indication if the activity is wholly or partly financed by the Ministry of Defence

    Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

    5. Number of maximum containment units5 within the research centre and/or laboratory, with an indication of their respective size (SqM):
    ABL 4 , 264.00 SqM
    One laboratory with 146 m2 total work area two animal rooms (66 m2 each) for small or large animals one necropsy room with 26 m2 floor space Facility for zoonotic viruses of the highest biosafety level (e.g. EBOV, HeV, NiV, CCHFV): physical and chemical treatment of solid and liquid waste and animal carcasses, negative air pressure and double HEPA filters to protect the environment as required by German and international standards; positive-pressure suits as personal protective equipment for staff working in the facility.
    ABL 3 , 917.00 SqM
    6 laboratories with 287 m2 total work area 18 animal rooms: 8 for cattle (45 m2 each), 4 for pigs and small ruminants (16 m2), 6 for small animals (18 m2 each) one necropsy suite with 98 m2 floor space Facility for highly contagious veterinary viruses of the highest biosafety level (e.g. FMDV, ASFV, PPRV, CSFV): physical treatment of solid and liquid waste and animal carcasses, negative air pressure and double HEPA filters to protect the environment as required by German and international standards; no class III biosafety cabinets or positive-pressure suits, therefore unsuitable for work with human pathogens.
    6. Scope and general description of activities, including type(s) of micro-organisms and/or toxins as appropriate

    -Diagnosis of and research on animal diseases with and without zoonotic potential
    -Veterinary medicine: mechanisms of pathogenesis, vaccines testing, diagnosis of Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV), Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, African swine fever virus (ASFV), Classical swine fever virus (CSFV), Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), Ebola virus (EBOV), Hendra virus (HeV), Nipah virus (NiV), Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) and other animal diseases caused by viruses with and without zoonotic potential

    (4) For facilities with maximum containment units participating in the national biological defence research and development programme, please fill in name of facility and mark "Declared in accordance with Form A, part 2 (iii)".

    (5) In accordance with the latest edition of the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual, or equivalent.

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