Animal health and zoonoses

Experiments and analyses in a controlled environment
Three animal health and zoonosis, vector and pathogen research infrastructures.
Work in the P3 containment laboratory in Montpellier © CIRAD, F. Thiaucourt

Work in the P3 containment laboratory in Montpellier © CIRAD, F. Thiaucourt

Vectopole Sud

The Montpellier-based Vectopole Sud network associates five research and higher education establishments (CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, University of Montpellier and EID-Méditerranée).
Those establishments have pooled their infrastructures and expertise in the aim of developing innovations to control crop pests and vectors of pathogens that cause human and animal diseases.
> Vectopole Sud website

Animal and zoonotic disease studies

The infrastructures and technical platforms working on animal and zoonotic infectious diseases include P3 secure installations in Montpellier and Guadeloupe, and othjer shared facilities in Réunion.
> More info on the ASTRE research unit website

InterTryp insectarium

This insectarium supplies tsetse fly pupae or adults for research and training purposes. It also performs tsetse fly genotyping and trypanosome diagnoses.
It can assess the efficacy of chemical and biological compounds at blocking the development of trypanosomes in tsetse flies, thus preventing transmission.
> More info on the InterTryp research unit website