Other Names: CENPALAB
Location: Havana, Cuba
Subordinate to: n/a
Director: n/a
Size: n/a
Primary Function: The center raises and provides animals for laboratory research.
History: CENPALAB was inaugurated in October 1982, however, according to Manuel Limonta, the institute moved into a new facility in the early 1990s.
Description:
Little information is available about the facility. Cuba has reported the activities of CENPALAB to the UN Department of Disarmament Affairs as part of the BWC confidence-building measures. CENPALAB, according to Cuban reports, participates in animal vaccine production, and contains "BL-3 containment laboratories." CENPALAB has participated in joint projects with CIGB, including the production of a "vaccine" against ticks, along with "other veterinary products."
Key Sources: Manuel Limonta, "Biotechnology and the Third World: Development Strategies in Cuba," Biomedical Science and the Third World, ed. Barry Bloom and Anthony Cerami, (New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1989), pp. 325-333; Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cuba to the United Nations, Republic of Cuba Submitted Persuant to Paragraph 6 of Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001); Organization of American States (OAS), "Inter-American Commission on Human Rights," Annual Report 2000, Chapter IV, <http://www.cidh.oas.org/annualrep/2000eng/chap.4d.htm>; Cubavision TV, 3 March 2002; BBC Monitoring, 21 March 2002.
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