The information obtained from analytical tests carried out on the different elements that make up agricultural and livestock farms is, nowadays, essential for the development of the sector in terms of economic efficiency and sustainability.
For more than 25 years NEIKER has been carrying out these analyses with the aim of evaluating, among others, the health status of livestock farms, the presence of bacterial pathogens and their antibiotic resistance profile, the detection of zoonotic infections, the determination of soil and plant health, etc., all of this to guarantee the health of farms and to verify the safety and quality of the food produced by the Basque agricultural sector.
To achieve these objectives, we have a multidisciplinary team made up of more than 30 highly qualified professionals. In terms of infrastructures, we have three leading laboratories that offer analytical services and specialised advice to guarantee:
- The health of livestock farms
- The safety and quality of foodstuffs
- Greater profitability of the Basque agricultural sector
Commitment to providing specialised advice.
You can download the instructions to follow to send a sample to any of our laboratories. You will also find the forms to be filled in and enclosed with the sample.
Available at our centres in Arkaute (araba) and Derio (Bizkaia)
Animal health laboratory
Animal health laboratory
- Diagnosis of animal diseases: reproductive disease in ruminants, mycobacteriosis (tuberculosis and paratuberculosis), viral diseases in ruminants (IBR, BVD, Border disease, Maedi-Visna, etc.) and Leptospirosis in swine.
- Health control of stud cattle.
- Microbiology of feed and its raw materials.
- Detection of pathogens in milk.
Laboratory for the conservation of natural resources
Laboratory for the conservation of natural resources
- Soil Fertility Analysis
- Plant Nutritional Analysis
- Fertilizer Recommendation
Plant health laboratory
Plant health laboratory
- Certification of potatoes for seed and consumption.
- Tests on the purity, count, germination and viability of seeds.
- Detection of quarantine organisms.
- Diagnosis of diseases caused by fungus, bacteria, virus and nematodes in plant matter.
- Varietal identification of plant species (potato, pepper, tomato, etc.)
Two high security installations occupying a total surface of
1,520 m2.
In addition to these security infrastructures, we have experimental equipment that helps us to carry out our scientific work.
We have laboratories for microbiology and immunology, pathological anatomy, parasitology and clinical biopathology, with a biocontainment level 3 facility (NCB3), animal experimentation areas with biocontainment levels 2 and 3, a plant testing greenhouse with a biosafety level 2, chromatography, molecular biology and analytical chemistry areas, and a plant analysis laboratory.
Since 2016, NEIKER has belonged to the Biological Alert Laboratory Network (RE-LAB), promoted by the Presidency of the Spanish Government.
This network, coordinated by the Carlos III Health Institute, provides the National System for Conducting Crisis Situation with an essential scientific-technical infrastructure for responding to the threats posed by dangerous biological agents.
You can download and consult all the ENAC accredited tests that NEIKER offers.
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