BIOWAREHOUSE

The Italian Biobank network of Veterinary Resources (BVR) has been recently developed, with the aim to collect and store in proper conditions, several types of biological resources. All samples included in biobank, have been checked in their main characteristics and other specific quality features, in order to ensure their correct identity, purity and to suggest the use. These samples are derived from the activities of the different Istituti Zooprofilattici Sperimentali (IZS). Currently, five IZS contribute to the network, each one with the maintenance of its specific identity and autonomy, with biological resources collected during the activity performed as National Reference Centres of Ministry of Health and OIE Reference and Collaborating Laboratories.