The OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) Collaborating Centre for Information on Aquatic Diseases was established in May 1997
at the Cefas Weymouth Laboratory with a mandate to provide National Delegates of OIE member countries with information from the International
Database on Aquatic Animal Diseases developed at the laboratory. It was subsequently decided to make the database freely available via
the internet so that it can provide benefits to a wider audience, including veterinarians, scientists and regulators with interest in
aquatic animal health, as well as universities and students.
The development and maintenance of this database is funded entirely by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra), UK who has made it publicly available on-line through the OIE Collaborating Centre.
Main contact for the Collaborating Centre: Dr. Stephen Feist, Cefas Weymouth Laboratory.
