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WOAH Collaborating Centre for Camel Diseases
Regional reference center applying advanced sequencing and pathogen genetic characterization to camel-disease diagnosis, surveillance, research, training, and outbreak response.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Abu Dhabi-based, serving the Middle East and international partners
- Project type
- pathogen genomics and veterinary reference platform
- Research domain
- animal pathogen genomics, surveillance, and One Health
- Years
- 2022–
- Lifecycle status
- active
- Status basis
- WOAH designated the ADAFSA veterinary laboratories as its first Middle East Collaborating Centre for Camel Diseases in June 2022; an active 2025-2028 twinning program was endorsed with Mongolia.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-01-28
- Scale
- Official pages document advanced genetic sequencing capacity and regional activities; a single consolidated public sample count was not found.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority
- Partner organizations
- World Organisation for Animal Health
- Organism / population
- Dromedary camels and camel pathogens
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- pathogen genome sequencing
- genetic characterization
- diagnostic assays
- surveillance isolates
- biobanking
Data access
Reference-laboratory services and collaborations; no unified public sequence portal identified.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
National/regional enabling platform with an explicit pathogen genetic-characterization mandate.
Editorial note
Broader than a single sequencing project; include as an enabling veterinary-genomics platform.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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