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FLI acts as the National Reference Laboratory for designated animal diseases and is the national licensing authority for veterinary in vitro diagnostics. Internationally, FLI has been designated as the ‘Collaborating Centre for Zoonoses in Europe’ of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and hosts nine OIE reference laboratories as well as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research and two FAO Reference Centres (Classical Swine Fever, Animal Influenza and Newcastle Disease).