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FAO sets up animal influenza ref center in N China
Xinhua, March 4, 2013
"The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Monday designated an animal influenza lab in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province as the Reference Center for Animal Influenza of the FAO.
The Animal Influenza Laboratory (AIL), which belongs to the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (HVRI) of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, is located in the provincial capital Harbin.
The AIL is the first FAO-recognized reference center in China and the second in the world, after the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffer-Institute of Germany...".
Xinhua, March 4, 2013
"The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Monday designated an animal influenza lab in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province as the Reference Center for Animal Influenza of the FAO.
The Animal Influenza Laboratory (AIL), which belongs to the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (HVRI) of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, is located in the provincial capital Harbin.
The AIL is the first FAO-recognized reference center in China and the second in the world, after the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffer-Institute of Germany...".