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

2. Organización o empresa pública o privada responsable
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
3. Ubicación y dirección postal
Südufer 10 D-17493 Greifswald – Insel Riems
4. Fuente(s) de financiación de la actividad, con indicación de si está total o parcialmente financiada por el Ministerio de Defensa

- Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

5. Número de unidades de contención máxima5 que hay en el laboratorio y/o centro de investigación, con indicación de su tamaño respectivo (m2)
ABL 3 Ag , 917.00 m2
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.
ABL 4 , 264.00 m2
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.
6. Alcance y descripción general de las actividades, con indicación del tipo o los tipos de microorganismos y/o toxinas según proceda

-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) Respecto de las instalaciones que contengan unidades de contención máxima y participen en el programa nacional de investigación y desarrollo para la defensa biológica, indíquese el nombre de la instalación y anótese: "Declarada con arreglo al formulario A, parte 2 (iii)".

(5) Con arreglo a la versión más reciente del Manual de Bioseguridad en el Laboratorio de la OMS, o a otra norma equivalente.