This year is the 80th anniversary of the IZSVe, which was founded in 1929 as the Stazione Sperimentale delle Tre Venezie by the provinces of the Triveneto area. From its origin until today, the history of the IZSVe has consistently involved unique individuals, without whom the events and developments at the IZSVe would not have been possible.
The IZSVe has been designated as an OIE Collaborating Centre for human-animal infectious diseases and a national reference centre for pet therapy, two important distinctions which can be added to the six already existing centres of excellence at the IZSVe.
Fifteen years after the last case of wild rabies in Italy, which was diagnosed in 1995 in a fox in the province of Trieste, wild rabies has re-emerged in the northeastern Italy. The IZSVe national Reference centre for rabies publishes data on the epidemiological situation in Italy.
