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to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in the Member States for diagnosing African horse sickness, specifically by: typing, storing and supplying strains of African horse sickness virus for serological tests and the preparation of antiserum; supplying standard sera and other reference reagents to the national reference laboratories in order to standardize the tests and reagents used in each Member State; building up and maintaining a collection of African horse sickness virus strains and isolates; organizing periodical comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at Community level; collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diagnosis used and the results of tests carried out in the Community; characterizing isolates of African horse sickness by the most up-to-date methods available to allow greater understanding of the epizootiology of African horse sickness; monitoring developments in African horse sickness surveillance, epizootiology and prevention throughout the world;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.