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CSIRO Opens Rapid Response Animal Disease Centre
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 11, 2008 "The new 'state of the art' laboratory will be able to process more samples, faster, in the event of an emergency animal disease outbreak, and will be located within the AAHL's advanced high biocontainment facility," Senator Carr said. "AAHL's core responsibility is to respond to outbreaks of emergency animal diseases such as foot and mouth disease or equine influenza. The emergency response laboratory gives the Government further confidence that AAHL and the nation will be ready to detect and quickly respond to even the worst such outbreaks. "The new high-throughput testing laboratory will play a dual role at AAHL. During 'routine mode', when there is no emergency animal disease outbreak, the laboratory will continue to function as a core diagnostic area, an area for test development and validation and for predictive biomodelling activities. "In the face of an outbreak the laboratory will become an assembly line for samples and will enable AAHL staff to perform serology tests on up to 10,000 samples per day, with maximum biosecurity. "Australia's outbreak of equine influenza in August 2007 demonstrated the need for a high throughput laboratory in Australia," Senator Carr said. "Last year Australia faced the major challenge of eradicating equine influenza. Following comprehensive national and state disease control and surveillance programs Australia is provisionally free from equine influenza. "Although the focus in recent months has been on equine influenza, foot-and-mouth disease is still considered the greatest threat to Australia's livestock industries." AAHL is a world leading research facility and since its establishment has been involved in a number of significant discoveries, including the identification of the paramyxovirus Hendra virus in 1994. In the last five years more than A$55 million has been invested into AAHL from the Australian Government and external revenue to ensure the facility continues to operate as one of the world's leading high biocontainment laboratories. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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