Departmental Veterinary Laboratory

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The veterinary laboratory carries out its activities in two fields: animal diseases, and food.

Animal diseases

From several samples, such as blood, animal carcasses, organs, abortion products, milk, excrements, the technical units of Sero-Immunology on the one hand and of Help to Diagnosis on the other hand carry out immuno-serology tests, post-mortem examinations, bacteriology and parasitology tests.
When requested by authorities (Animal Health Veterinary Department), the laboratory carries out the necessary analysis as part of prophylaxis and sanitary police operations for legally infectious diseases:

- Cattle, sheep and goat brucellosis.
- Enzootic Bovine Leucosis
- Aujeszky's disease in swine.

When requested by veterinarians, individuals, Breeding organisms (Sanitary Defence Groups), Poultry Production Cooperatives, breeders, Departmental Federation of Hunters, the laboratory carries out analysis:

- to diagnose diseases in mammals and in breeding birds
- for the sanitary control of animals during business transactions
- to determine the breeding immune status concerning
some non legally infectious diseases
- to carry out epidemiology surveys
- for the sanitary observation of wildlife

Food

The Food Bacteriology technical unit carries out such kind of analysis. They mostly concern food, from raw materials to ready-for-consumption products: slaughter meat, poultry meat and giblets, meat-based products, dairy products, egg-based products, pastries, seafood, vegetable products.
The laboratory has a food chemistry small activity.
The laboratory customers are the Government (Food Hygiene Veterinary Laboratory), manufacturers, craftsmen, restaurant owners, breeders (farm products), individuals.
An important part of the activity in diagnostics help and in food bacteriology concerns poultry productions which hold a foreground place in Gers.

Working hours:
Monday through Friday
8.00 AM to 0.30 AM
and 1.30 PM to 5.00 PM

Information:

Laboratoire Vétérinaire
108 Avenue de la 1ère Armée
(Veterinary Laboratory)
32020 Auch Cedex 9
Tel: (33) 5 62 63 35 11
Fax: (33) 5 62 63 11 58
email : departement-du-gers@cg32.fr