The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) announced on Wednesday that it will establish a liaison office in the United States later this year. The OIE U.S. office will by hosted by the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases based in College Station, a unit within the Texas A&M University System that was recognized as an OIE Collaborating Centre in the domain of biological threat reduction in 2014.
The OIE office is expected to open on October 1 with the aims of increasing collaboration, establishing partnerships and maintaining donor relations with several U.S. state agencies and departments.
Created in 1924, OIE’s missions are to ensure transparency in the global animal disease situation; safeguard world trade by publishing health standards for international trade in animals and animal products; and to encourage international solidarity in the control of animal diseases in particular by improving the legal framework and resources of national veterinary services. The OIE currently has a total of 181 member countries.
