loomataudiõpetus. Käsitleb loomade nakkushaiguste seaduspärasusi ja neid mõjutavaid tegureid, haiguste kulgu, diagnoosimist ning tõrjet. Tugineb veterinaar-mikrobioloogiale, viroloogiale ja immunoloogiale, kasutab kliinilis-laboratoorseid meetodeid, Jaguneb üld- ja eriepisotoloogiaks.
The Community reference laboratory has the following functions and duties: 1. to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in the Member States for diagnosing African horse sickness, specifically by: ... (f) 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 ...