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The Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Luis Planas has visited the facilities of the Central Veterinary Laboratory LCV where he has highlighted the great work carried out by this center an international reference for the prevention control and eradication of a large number of animal diseases especially foot and mouth disease African swine fever African horse sickness avian influenza and Newcastle disease.With its functions of national reference the Central Veterinary Laboratory LCV in the Madrid town of Algete guarantees the reliability of the diagnosis in the network of laboratories of the autonomous communities and the coordination with the laboratories of the European Union and with international organizations such as the World Organization for Animal Health OIE.After three decades of operation the Central Veterinary Laboratory is going to undertake a process of modernization of its facilities and equipment in order to continue responding with technical solvency to the new requirements of animal health in the international context.For this Planas has pointed out that the National Recovery Transformation and Resilience Plan contemplates investments worth ten million euros for the modernization of the three state laboratories of animal and plant health the Central Veterinary Laboratory of Algete the Central Animal Health Laboratory of Santa Fe Granada and the National Plant Health Laboratory in Lugo.A part of this investment is destined to the construction of a level 3 biological safety laboratory at the Central Laboratory for Animal Health in Santa Fe and a new level 3 biological safety animal facility building at the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Algete.Likewise the improvement of the facilities of the three laboratories is planned as well as the investment in specific equipment that this type of laboratory must have. This investment will contribute to improving the technical efficiency biological safety and competitiveness of a fundamental tool for animal and plant health such as Reference Laboratories.
