EURL for Bovine Tuberculosis

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis), historically called bovine tuberculosis, is a zoonotic disease listed in the Regulation (EU) 2016/429 (Animal Health Law) on transmissible animal diseases. From the 21st of April 2021, this disease must be controlled in all Member States with the goal of eradicating it in bovine species (category B), measures are needed to prevent it from spreading by movements in bovine, caprine, cervid and camelid species (category D), and its surveillance is required in mammalians within the Union (category E).

The VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) was appointed as the European Union Reference Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis in 2008 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 737/2008).