OIE COLLABORATING CENTRE
The "Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lazio and Toscana M. Aleandri" (IZSLT) is a public body of the Italian National Health Service, responsible for performing official controls in the field of animal health and food safety. Within IZSLT, the first laboratory entirely dedicated to the apiculture sector was established in 2009.
The main scope of the IZSLT Laboratory of Apiculture (DG 210/2021) is the diagnosis of honey bee diseases as well as carrying out... Read more »
Webex meeting recording link: https://izslt.webex.com/izslt/ldr.php?RCID=2dfb7b3c74dc197488be8c7fbf1b61b5
Password: Biosecurity1
See Symposium at FAO:Â https://youtu.be/5LFMQc3xj2E
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Bee health encompasses a wide range of activities that beekeepers should be aware of and apply while breeding their bees. Those activities are defined as Good beekeeping practices (GBPs) intending "those integrative activities that beekeepers apply to beekeeping production to achieve optimal health for people, honeybees and the environment" and Biosecurity measures in Beekeeping (BMBs) that are "all those operational activities implemented by the beekeeper to reduce the risk of... Read more »
The Collaborating Centre supports the OIE in assisting its Member Countries on various activities related to the application of good beekeeping management practices and biosecurity measures in the apiculture sector. It supports an increase of quality of hive productions, orienting toward a proper and prudent use of the medicines in beekeeping, in line with the OIE Sixth Strategic Plan.
The activities of the Collaborating Centre are mainly related to “Focus Area... Read more »
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