This Infrastructure is part of the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal located on the UAB campus. It is a public foundation created in 1999 on the initiative of the UAB and IRTA.

The CReSA High Biosafety Laboratory has a total working surface, with Biological Containment Level 3, of 1,500 m2. It offers the possibility of working in laboratories, with an area of 350 m2, fully equipped, for studies of virology, immunology, cell and molecular biology. Specifically noteworthy is the possibility of conducting studies of cell populations (Cell Sorter) under biocontainment conditions.

It also offers the possibility of working in twelve experimental animal rooms with a total area of 1,150 m2 for both farm and wild animals (large size) and laboratory animals (small size).

The main objectives of the CReSA are research, technological development, transfer and education in the field of animal health and all its consequences on public health.