Accreditation
Accreditation of VISAVET
Appointments
Appointments granted to VISAVET
Recognitions
Recognitions and awards granted to VISAVET
Accreditations
Laboratory of diagnostic tests in Animal Health and microbiological tests in agri-food products
Regulation: UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 (CGA-ENAC-LEC)
Accreditation number: 817/LE1410
Assay:
- Detección de micobacterias mediante técnicas de cultivo
- Caracterización molecular de micobacterias pertenecientes al complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis mediante Direct Variable Repeat Spacer Oligonucleotidetyping (DVR-spoligotyping)
- Detección de microorganismos pertenecientes al complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis por PCR a tiempo real
- Detección de Salmonella spp
- Sensibilidad a agentes antimicrobianos mediante la técnica de microdilución
- Identificación de Salmonella enterica subespecie enterica mediante serotipado
- Detección del virus de la peste porcina africana (PPA) mediante PCR en tiempo real
- Prueba de la intradermotuberculinización (sencilla y por comparación)
- Aislamiento e identificación presuntiva de Escherichia coli productor de BLEAs, AmpC y carbapenemasas
- Estudio histoquímico e inmunohistoquímico de Tuberculosis bovina
- Detección del gamma-Interferón para el diagnóstico de tuberculosis por ELISA
The Entidad Nacional de Acreditación (ENAC) grants accreditation to VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre U.C.M. according to the criteria in UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for the performance of Test of food products as defined in the attached Technical Annex.
Date: July 30th, 2010
Appointments
WOAH Reference Laboratory for mammalian tuberculosis
Dra. B. Romero
Date: June 5th, 2023
WOAH Reference Laboratory for African swine fever
Dr J.M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno
Date: January 1st, 2007
European Union reference laboratory for Bovine tuberculosis
Regulation: Commission Regulation (EC) No 737/2008
Date: July 1st, 2008
Official Designated Laboratory for Animal Health
Official Designated Laboratory in the field of Animal Health by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the official control of the following diseases:
- Equine Infectious Anemia (AGID)
- Equine Viral Arteritis (SNT)
- Dourine (CFT)
- West Nile Fever (ELISA)
- Q Fever (PCR, ELISA)
- Contagious Equine Metritis (PCR)
- Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (PCR)
- Piroplasmosis (ELISA)
- Equine Rhinopneumonitis (SNT)
- Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (PCR)
- Tuberculosis (PCR, γ-IFN, ELISA, C/I)
Date: January 1st, 2025
Reference Laboratory of Biological Alert Network of Spain (RE-LAB)
Regulation: Orden PRE/305/2009
Date: February 10th, 2009
Official Laboratory for Detection of Salmonella of the Region of Madrid
Date: December 16th, 2004
Official control laboratory for food products and materials in contact with food from third countries
Regulation: Reglamento (UE) 2017/625
Assays:
- Sensitivity to antimicrobial agents using the microdilution technique:
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Staphyloccus spp.
- Enterococcus spp.
- Campylobacter spp.
- Detection of Salmonella spp.
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- Meat and Eggs
- Identification of Salmonella entérica subespecies entérica by serotyping
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- Culture of Salmonella spp.
- ESBL/AmpC isolation:
- Meat
- Carbapenemase isolation:
- Meat
- ESBL/AmpC confirmation:
- bacterial isolates
Date: March 15th, 2021
Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory
Regulation: R.D. 664/1997
Date: February 13rd, 2007
Farm Livestock – Research Center
Regulation: R.D. 53/2013
Number: ES280790000154
Date: June 19th, 2008
Manufacturer of autovaccines center for veterinay use
Regulation: R.D. 109/1995 - D. 109/1997 - O. 7659/1998
Number: M.V./III-001/M
Date: January 17th, 2003
Official Lab for Food Control. Madrid Regional Government
Regulation: Reglamento (CE) 882/2004
Date: July 25th, 2014
Authorized laboratory for control of equine diseases
Category: Ordenación zootécnica, sanitaria y de bienestar animal de las explotaciones equinas. Plan sanitario equino
Regulation: RD 804/2011
Number: 10/073367.9/17
Laboratory: Equine Health Surveillance Unit (SEVISEQ)
Enfermedades sujetas al programa sanitario de control oficial
- Arteritis viral equina
- Metritis contagiosa equina
Enfermedades sujetas al programa de vigilancia epizootiológica
- Peste equina africana
- Encefalitis del oeste del Nilo
- Durina (Trypanosoma equiperdum)
- Encefalomielitis equina (todas las variedades, incluida la encefalomielitis equina venezolana)
- Anemia infecciosa equina
- Muermo
- Gripe equina
- Piroplasmosis equina
- Rinoneumonitis equina
- Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
Date: March 15th, 2017
Authorized laboratory for genetic material collection of donor equine species
Category: Condiciones básicas de recogida, almacenamiento, distribución y comercialización de material genético de la especie equina
Regulation: RD 841/2011 / D 92/65/CEE / R EU 846/2014
Number: 10/182327.9/17
Laboratory: Equine Health Surveillance Unit (SEVISEQ)
Date: June 14th, 2017
Aquaculture Laboratory for analysis in the field of other official activities
Number: 10/612480.9/21
The General Directorate of Agriculture, Livestock and Food of the Community of Madrid, designates the VISAVET Health Surveillance Center (Complutense University of Madrid) to carry out the indicated tests on the samples derived from other official activities:
- Culture and identification of Aeromonas salmonicida.
- Culture and identification of Renibacterium salmoninarum.
- Culture and identification of Pseudomonas anguilliseptica.
- Culture and identification of Yersinia ruckeri.
- Culture and identification of Flavobacterium psychrophilum.
- Culture and identification of Vagococcus salmoninarum.
- Culture and identification of Lactococcus garvieae.
- Culture and identification of Carnobacterium maltaromaticum.
- Culture and identification of Vibrio spp.
- Culture and identification of Streptococcus parauberis.
- Culture and identification of Streptococcus iniae.
- Identification of Photobacterium damselae.
- Determination of Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV).
- Determination of Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV).
- Determination of Salmonid alphavirus (SAV).
- Determination of Betanodavirus, or nervous necrosis virus (NNV).
Date: December 1st, 2021
Animal Health and Production Laboratory of the Region of Valencia
Category: Analítica en Acuicultura
Regulation: D. 62/2009 Comunidad Valenciana
Number: CV/0007
Date: March 21st, 2012
Comité Técnico Nacional CTN-UNE-331 Análisis diagnóstico en sanidad animal
Entidad: Asociación Española de Normalización (UNE)Date: July 4th, 2022
Technical committee CEN/TC 469/WG 1 “Reagents and methods”
Entidad: Asociación francesa de Normalización (AFNOR)Date: July 19th, 2022
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre of Complutense University of Madrd
Regulation: Consejo de Gobierno de la Universidad Complutense, de 3 de abril de 2008
Number: Cod. Centro 0733
Date: April 3rd, 2008
Recognitions
I Award of Official Veterinary Association of Spain
Year: 2023
Link: Award url
Award to the Consortium / Network against Covid-19 to “Covid-19 UCM Laboratory”
Year: 2020
Link: Award url
Research awards
Outreach awards
