This network includes high biosafety laboratories of public ownership, open to the national and international scientific community, which by their dimensions and characteristics offer a unique opportunity to carry out studies that would not be viable in other facilities.
High Biosafety Laboratory of the Animal Health Research Center (CISA)
It was created in 1993. This Center is located in Valdeolmos (Madrid) and depends on the National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), dependent on the CSIC. Its facilities reach Biological Containment Level 3 (NCB-3 according to the World Health Organization, and 4 of the World Animal Health Organization). Two of its 40 laboratories are authorized to carry out research and development work with high-risk exotic viruses that could affect humans (NCB-3+, the highest in the national territory).
High Biosafety Laboratory of the Research Centre at Sanitat Animal (CReSA)
This Infrastructure is part of the Research Centre at Sanitat Animal located on the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). It is a public foundation created in 1999 on the initiative of the UAB and the Institute of Agri-Food Research and Technology (IRTA).Its main objectives are research, technological development, transfer and education in the field of animal health and all its consequences on public health.
