Contributors

ALB Albania Kujtim Mersini, DVM, MSc Head, National Veterinary Epidemiology Unit Food Safety and Veterinary Institute Rr. Aleksandër Moisiu no.10 Tirana / Albania Tel.: +355 4 2373096 Fax: +355 682738752 Email: mersini2003@yahoo.com AUT Austria Mag. Ulrich Herzog CVO Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Frauen Bereich IV/B (Verbraucher-Gesundheit) Radetzkystraße 2 A-1030 Wien Tel.: +43-1-7 11 00-4824 Fax: +43-1-7 10 41 51 Email: ulrich.herzog@bmgf.gv.at BEL Belgium Dr. Pierre Naassens, CVO AFSCA – Agence fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire Direction Générale de la Politique de Contrôle 55, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique B-1000 Bruxelles/Belgium Tel.: +32-2-211 86 42 Fax: +32-2-211 86 30 BEL Belgium Responsible experts: Dr. Ingrid Le Roux Dr. Steven Van Gucht Dr. Bernard Brochier National Reference Centre of Rabies Viral Diseases Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP) Rue Engelandstraat 642; 1180 B-1000 Bruxelles Tel.: +32(0)2 373 3256 Fax: +32(0)2 373 3286 BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina Department of Infectious Diseases Veterinary Faculty Sarajevo Zmaja od Bosne 90 Sarajevo 71000 / Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel.: +387 61 160 361 Fax: Email: vetzar@bih.net.ba BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr. Sc. Drago N. Nedic Ministry Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republika Srpska Milosa Obilica 51 76300 Bijeljina, Republika Srpska / Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel.: +387 55 401 812, 211 506, 403 508 Fax: +387 55 403 508, 472 353 Email: nedicd@rstel.net / nedicd@vetservice.org BLR Belarus Dr. A. M. Axenov Head of the Central Board of Veterinary Medicine Ministry of Agriculture and Food Kirova 15 Minsk / Belarus Tel.: +375 17 227 6623 Fax: +375 17 227 42 96 / +375 17 227 57 54 Email: vetinsp@mshp.minsk.by BUL Bulgaria Dr. Petya Petkova National Veterinary Service Animal Health Directorate 15A "Pencho Slaveikov" blvd. 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel.: +359 2 915 98 42 Fax: +359 2 952 38 35 CHE Switzerland PD Reto Zanoni Dr. Urs Breitenmoser University of Bern - Swiss Rabies Centre Institute of Veterinary Virology Länggass Str. 122 CH-3012 Bern /Switzerland Tel.: +41-31-631 23 78 Fax: +41-31-631 25 34 Email: zanoni@ivv.unibe.ch breitenmoser@ivv.unibe.ch Internet: www.cx.unibe.ch/ivv CYP Cyprus Dr Geogios Kyriakides, CVO Director of Veterinary Services Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment 1417 Athalassa Nicosia, Cyprus Tel.: +357 22 805200 Fax: +357 22 305211 Email: director@vs.moa.gov.cy CZH Czech Republic MVDr. Josef Vitásek State Veterinary Administration CR Slezska 7 CZ - 120 00 Praha 2 / Czech Republic Tel.: +420 227 010 144 Fax: +420 227 010 195 Email: j.vitasek@svscr.cz CZH Czech Republik Responsible expert: MVDr. Ivan Nágl National Reference Laboratory for Rabies State Veterinary Institute Prague Sídlištní 136/24 CZ -165 03 Praha 6 - Lysolaje/ Czech Republic Tel.: +420 251 031 281 Fax: +420 220 920 655 Email: i.nagl@svupraha.cz DEU Germany Dr. Karin Schwabenbauer, CVO Fed. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection PF 14 02 70 D-53103 Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49 228 529 41 57 Fax: +49 228 529 35 53 Email: poststelle@bmelv.bund.de DEU Germany Responsible experts: Dr. Thomas Müller, Dr. Conrad Freuling WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research Institute of Molecular Biology Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Federal Research Institute for Animal Health Südufer 10 D-17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems Tel.: +49-33979-80 0 Fax: +49-33979-80 200 and 222 Email: who-rabies@fli.bund.de Internet www.fli.bund.de DNK Denmark Dr. Per Henriksen, CVO Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Danish Veterinary and Food Administration Stationsparken 31-33 DK-2600 Glostrup Tel.: +45 7227 6900 Email: pesh@fvst.dk DNK Denmark Responsible expert: Tina Mørk Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Danish Veterinary and Food Administration Stationsparken 31-33 DK-2600 Glostrup Tel.: +45 7227 6541 Email: tm@fvst.dk ESP Spain Dr. Ignacio Sanchez Esteban Subdirector General de Sanidad Veterinaria MAPA Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion Per. Sivtzev Vrazhek, 41 Madrid /Spain Tel.: +34-91-347 82 95 Fax: +34-91-347 82 99 Email: isanchez@mapya.es Internet: www.mapya.es ESP Spain Ilmo. Sr. D. Pedro Angel García González Subdirector General de Sanidad Exterior Tel.: +34-91-596 20 38 Fax: +34-91-596 20 47 Email: pgarciag@msc.es ESP Spain Sr. D. Carlos Abellán García Jefe de Servicio de Veterinaria Oficial Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo Dirección General de Salud Pública Subdirección General de Sanidad Exterior C/Paseo del Prado, 18-20 E-28071 Madrid Tel.: +34-91-596 19 34 Fax: +34-91-596 20 47 Email: cabellan@msc.es ESP Spain Responsible expert - Diagnóstico: Sr. D. Juan E. Echevarría Mayo Servicio de Microbiología Diagnóstica Centro Nacional de Microbiología Instituto de Salud Carlos III Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo Ctra.Majadahonda-Pozuelo s/n 28220 Majadahonda. Madrid Tel.: +34-91-509 79 01 Fax: +34-91-509 79 66 Email: jeecheva@isciii.es ESP Spain Responsible expert - Epidemiología: Sra. Da Luisa Pilar Sánchez Serrano Centro Nacional de Epidemiología Instituto de Salud Carlos III Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo C/ Sinesio Delgado, 6 E-28029 Madrid Tel.: +34-91-387 78 02 Fax: +34-91-387 78 16 Email: Isanchez@isciii.es ESP Spain Responsible expert: Dr. Fulgencio Garrido Abellan Dña. Teresa Rodríguez-Trenchs Tel.: +34-958-44 03 75 / +34-91-347 83 46 Fax: +34-958-44 12 00 / +34-91-347 82 99 Email: fgarrido@moebius.es trodrigu@mapya.es EST Estonia Dr. Matti Nautras, CVO Head of Animal Health Department Veterinary and Food Broad of Estonia Väike-Paala-Street 3 11415 Tallinn /Estonia Tel.: +372-605 1732 Fax: +372-638 0210 Email: nautras@vet.agri.ee EST Estonia Responsible expert: Dr. Külli Must>Head of Department Veterinary and Food Laboratory Kreutzwaldi 30 51006 Tartu /Estonia Tel.: +372-742 1246 Fax: +372-742 1730 Email: kylli@vetlab.ee FIN Finland Director General Matti Aho, CVO Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Department of Food and Health PO BOX 30 FI-00023 Government / Finland Tel.: ++358 9 160 53380 Fax: +358 9 160 54777 Email: cvo-finland@mmm.fi internet www.mmm.fi FIN Finland Responsible expert: Tiia Tuupanen Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira Mustialankatu 3 FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland Tel.: +358 40 489 3348 Fax: + 358 20 772 4355 Email: tiia.tuupanen@evira.fi Internet www.evira.fi FRA France Dr. Florence Cliquet ANSES Nancy laboratory for rabies and wildlife Technopôle Agricole et Vétérinaire BP 40009 54220 Malzéville, France Tel.: +33-3-83.29.89.50 Fax: +33-3-83.29.89.59 Email: f.cliquet@anses.fr Internet www.anses.fr GRC Greece Konstantia Tasioudi Institute of Infectious and Parasitice disease 25 Neapoleos street. Agia Paraskevi 15310 Greece Tel.: +30 210 6011499 Fax: +30 210 6011499 Email: viruslab.ath@gmail.com HUN Hungary Dr. Tibor Balint Dr. Zsolt Földi Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development Animal Health and Food Control Department H-1860 Budapest 55. Pf. 1 Tel.: +36-1 3014329 and 332 7986 Fax: +36-1 301 4669 Email: foldiz@oai.hu HVR Croatia Dr. Ljerka Zeba Veterinary Administration Ministry of Agruculture and Forestry Vukovarska 78 10000 Zagreb, Rebublic of Coratia Tel.: +385 1 6106207 Fax: +385 1 6109207 Email: ljerka.zeba@mps.hr IRE Ireland Dr. J. Melville Superintending Veterinary Inspector Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Agriculture House Dublin 2/Irland Tel.: +353-1-607 2981 Fax: +353-1-661 2440 IRE Ireland Responsible expert: Dr Patrick Lenihan Senior Superintending Research Officer Virology Division Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Abbotstown, Blanchardstown Dublin 15 Fax: ISL Iceland Dr. Halldor Runolfsson Chief Veterinary Officer Ministry of Agriculture, Veterinary Services Solvholsgata 7 150 Reykjavik /Iceland Tel.: +354-560 9750 Fax: +354-552 1160 Email: halldor.runolfsson@lan.stjr.is ITA Italy Dr. Franco Mutinelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie Viale dell'Università, 10 I-35020 Legnaro (PD) /Italy Tel.: +39-049-80 84 259 Fax: +39-049-80 84 258 Email: fmutinelli@izsvenezie.it LTU Lithuania Dr. K. Lukauskas Dr. V . Kiudulas Animal Health Department State Food and Veterinary Service Siesiku 19 LT - 07170 Vilnius Fax: Email: vvt@vet.lt vkiudulas@vet.lt LUX Luxembourg Dr. Arthur Besch, CVO Inspection Vétérinaire Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Administration des Services vétérinaires 93, rue d'Anvers Boîte postale 1403 L-1014 Luxembourg Tel.: +352-478 2539 Fax: +352-407 545 Email: Arthur.Besch@asv.etat.lu LVA Latvia Dr. Mareks Samohvalovs Dr. Emil Jegers Food and Veterinary Service Peldu Street 30 Riga, LV-1050, Latvija Tel.: +371 67095230 Fax: +371 67322727 Email: pvd@pvd.gov.lv MDA Moldova Vsevolod Stamati Animal Health Division Department of Veterinary Medicine Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry Republic of Moldova Fax: Email: dmv@maia.gov.md MKD Macedonia Toni Kirandjiski Food and Veterinary Agency Veterinary Directorate Animal Health and Welfare Sector Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Water Economy "Treta Makedonska udarna brigada" bb 1000 Skopje/Macedonia Tel.: +389-2-3112 205 Fax: +389-2-3112 265/308 Email: tkirandziski@veterina.gov.mk MKD Macedonia Responsible expert: Slavcho Mrenoshki, DVM, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Skopje Department of Microbiology and Immunology Lazar Pop Trajkov 5-7 1000 Skopje/Macedonia Tel.: +389-2-3240768 Fax: + 389-2-3114619 Email: mrenoski@fvm.ukim.edu.mk MNE Montenegro Dr. Mevlida Hrapovic Veterinary administration of the Republic of Montenegro Bulevar Sv.Petra Cetinjskog br 9 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro Tel.: +38 2 81 201 945 Fax: +38 2 81 201 946 Email: mevlida.hrapovic@vu.gov.me NED Netherlands Dr. P.W.de Leeuw Duch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Bezuidenhoutseweg 73 - P.O. Box 20401 NL-2500 EK's-Gravenhage /Netherlands Fax: NED Netherlands Dr. L. Züchner Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority De Stoven 22 NL-7206 AX Zutphen /Netherlands Tel.: +31-575-58 8 100 Fax: +31-575-588 8 200 Email: lothar.zuchner@vwa.nl NOR Norway Dr. Keren Bar-Yaacov, CVO Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Head Office P.O. Box 383 N-2381 Brumunddal, Norway Tel.: +47 23 21 68 00 Fax: +47 23 21 68 01 Email: postmottak@mattilsynet.no POL Poland Janusz Zwiazek, DVM Chief Veterinary Officer General Veterinary Inspectorate Veterinary Inspection 30, Wspolna Str, 00-930 Warsaw / Poland Tel.: +48 22 623 20 88 Fax: +48 22 623 14 08 Email: wet@wetgiw.gov.pl POL Poland Responsible experts: Prof. Jan. F. Zmudzinski National Veterinary Research Institute Department of Virology National Reference Laboratory for Rabies Al. Partyzantow 57 24 -100 Pulawy / Poland Tel.: +48.81.886.30.51 Fax: +48.81.886.25.95 Email: jfzmudzi@piwet.pulawy.pl POL Poland Responsible experts: Pawel Makowski, DVM Animal Health and Welfare Office General Veterinary Inspectorate Veterinary Inspection 30, Wspolna Str, 00-930 Warsaw / Poland Tel.: +48 22 623 22 64 Fax: +48 22 623 14 08 Email: pawel.makowski@wetgiw.gov.pl PRT Portugal Dr.C.A.M.de Andrade Fontes Direccao-Geral da Pecuaria Fax: ROU Romania Prof. Gabriel Predoi, CVO General Director of the Sanitary Veterinary General Direction, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority Bd. Carol I, nr. 24, sector 3 Bucuresti, cod 70.033 /Romania Tel.: +40-21-3157875 Fax: +40-21-3124967 Email: predoi@ansv.ro RUS Russian Federation (European part) Prof. V.A. Vedernikov Dr. I.V.Baldini The Kovalenko All Russian Inst.of Exper. Veterinary Medicine Ryazansky prosp.,24 109455, Moscow Tel.: (495) 377 - 9483 Fax: (495) 970 - 0369 Email: epizootviev@mail.ru RUS Russian Federation (European part) Dr. N. A. Yaremenko Dr. S.A. Kolomytzev Departament of veterinary and livestock Ministry of Agriculture Orlikov per., 1/11 107139, Moscow Tel.: (495) 975 - 5423 Fax: (495) 975 - 5423 Email: n.yaremenko@vet.mcx.ru RUS Russian Federation (European part) Responsible expert: Dr. Artem Metlin Federal Centre for Animal Health, 600901, Vladimir, Russia. Fax: +74 922260753 Email: artem.metlin@inbox.ru RUS Russian Federation (European part) Prof.A.A.Movsesyants Scientific Centre of Expertise of Medicals Devices 119002, Moscow Tel.: Tel. +7 499 2413784 Fax: Email: Movsesyans_AA@gisk.ru SRB Serbia Prof. Dr Dušan Laloševic (Director) Dr. Nenad Vranješ (Rabies Epidemiology and prevention) Dr. Srdan Stankov (Rabies laboratory) Pasteur Institute Novi Sad Hajduk Veljkova 1 / P.O. Box 208 21000 Novi Sad / Serbia Tel.: +381 21 6611 003 +381 21 420 528 Fax: +381 21 6611 003 Email: paster-ns@neobee.net SVK Slovak Republic Prof. Josef Bires, CVO Roman Matejcik, DVM State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic Botanická No 17 842 13 Bratislava /Slovak Republic Tel.: +421-2-60 257 227 Fax: +421-2-65 411 159 Email: welfare@svssr.sk SVK Slovak Republic Responsible expert: Miroslav Mojzis, DVM Státny veterinárny ústav Zvolen Pod Dráhami No. 918 960 86 Zvolen /Slovak Republic Fax: SVN Slovenia Ales Brecelj, MSc, DVM Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Veterinary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia 1000 Ljubljana / Slovenia Tel.: +386-1-300 13 00 Fax: +386-1-300 13 56 Email: ales.brecelj@gov.si Internet www.sigov.si/vurs SVN Slovenia Responsible expert: Peter Hostnik, PhD, DVM National Veterinary Institute, Unit for the diagnostic of contagious and other diseases, Laboratory of Virology Gerbiceva 60 1000 Ljubljana / Slovenia Tel.: +386-1-477 91 00 Fax: +386-1-477 93 52 Email: peter.hostnik@vf.uni-lj.si SWE Sweden Dr. Leif Denneberg National Board of Agriculture Department for Animal Production and Health SE-551 82 Jönköping /Sweden Tel.: +46-36-15 50 00 Fax: +46-36-30 81 82 Email: leif.denneberg@sjv.se SWE Sweden Responsible expert: Professor Anders Engvall National Veterinary Institute SE-751 89 Uppsala Tel.: +46-18-67 40 00 Fax: +46-18-67 44 45 Email: anders.engvall@sva.se TUR Turkey Asso. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Aydemir Ministry of Agricultire and Rural Affairs General Directorate of Protection and Control Esat cad. No. 3 06100 Bakanliklar, Ankara /Turkey Tel.: +90-312-41 82 436 Fax: +90-312-41 78 209 Email: musaa@kkgm.gov.tr TUR Turkey Responsible expert: Dr. Orhan Aylan, Chief of Rabies Laboratory Etlik Central Veterinary Control and Research Institute 06020 Etlik, Ankara /Turkey Tel.: 90-312-32 60 090 / 154 Fax: +90-312-32 11 755 Email: orhan@aylan.name.tr UKR Ukraine Dr. V.Gorzheev Ministry of Agrarian Policy State Department of Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine Grinchenko,1 01001 Kyiv/Ukraine Tel.: +380 44 279 12 70 Fax: +380 44 279 48 83 UKR Ukraine Dr..Zhanna Drozhzhe Head of Virology Department State Research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary Sanitary Expertise Donetskaja Street 30 03151 Kyiv/ Ukraine Tel.: +380-44-243 37 55 Fax: +380-44-242-37 55 Email: biotech@astral.kiev.ua UNK United Kingdom Mr Nigel Gibbens BVetMed MSc MRCVS, CVO Mr David Mouat BVM&S MSc MRCVS Mr Balazs Toth DrMedVet MRCVS Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Area 5D Nobel House 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR Tel.: +44-207-238 6047 Fax: +44-207-238 5051 Email: david.c.mouat@defra.gsi.gov.uk balazs.toth@defra.gsi.gov.uk UNK United Kingdom Responsible expert: Prof Dr Anthony R. Fooks Rabies Research and Diagnostic Group, WHO Collaborating Centre, Department of Virology Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge) New Haw Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK Tel.: +44 1932-357840 Fax: +44 1932-357239 Email: t.fooks@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk