The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Skopje (FVM) is a public institution for higher education that operates within Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, and is the leading national diagnostic, research and scientific institution in the field of veterinary medicine and food safety in the Republic of North Macedonia. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is authorised to perform laboratory analyses of samples collected during official controls conducted by the FVA.

The organisational structure of the FVM consists of the following units:

Food Institute, with the following laboratories

• Laboratory for microbiology of food and feed
• Laboratory for quality control of food and feed
• Laboratory for residues and contaminants
• Laboratory for raw milk quality
• Laboratory for pharmacology and toxicology

Veterinary Institute, with the following laboratories:

• Laboratory for microbiology
• Laboratory for serology and molecular diagnostics
• Laboratory for parasitology and parasitic diseases
• Laboratory for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
• Laboratory for diagnosis fish, bees and hunting wild game diseases
• Laboratory for pathology and patohystology
• Laboratory for pathophysiology
• Laboratory for rabies
• Laboratory for animal hygiene and environmental
• Cabinet for visual diagnostics

Institute for Reproduction and Biomedicine with the following laboratories:

• Laboratory for production, cryoconservation and control of semen
• Laboratory for assisted reproduction
• Plastination laboratory
• Laboratory for histology and embryology
• Laboratory for biochemistry and cell biology
• Animal genetics laboratory

The FVM laboratories are accredited according to MKC ISO/IEC 17025:2006. The FVM is also involved in the FVA’s risk assessment activities.