OIE Laboratory Standards for Avian Influenza

摘要

The principles are outlined by which the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) recognises diagnostic laboratory test procedures, based on the validation data and the fitness for purpose of any given test. The latest proposals for a definition of notifiable avian influenza are described, together with the place of vaccination, as part of the effort to control influenza in domestic poultry. The members of the Biological Standards Commission of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) are elected for a term of three years by the International Committee of the OIE. They are required to have experience in veterinary laboratory diagnostics and/or vaccine standardisation. The Commission provides technical advice to the OIE on laboratory diagnostics and vaccines for diseases of mammals, birds and bees; in doing so, it is able to draw on the accumulated knowledge and experience of experts world-wide through the OIE network of reference laboratories and collaborating centres.