Zoonoses are infections transmissible from animals to humans. In Denmark, products derived from animals are the main source of zoonotic infections in humans.

Prevention and Control
The Centre is a part of the national contingency plan for outbreaks of food borne diseases. Monitoring and preventive strategies are developed based on results from the surveillance and control programs. Supervision and teaching in zoonoses and food safety are based on research carried out at the Centre.

Public access to surveillance data
The surveillance data are kept up to date in graphic form on the web page and published in the newsletter "Zoonose-Nyt" (Danish). An overview of the data is published and commented in "The Annual Report on Zoonoses in Denmark".

The Centre coordinates the annual DANMAP report on "Use of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from food animals, foods and humans in Denmark".

The Centre is part of the Department of Microbiology and Risk Assessment at the National Food Institute.
The Centre is the Danish reference laboratory for zoonoseepidemiology in EU (NRL-5) and WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens.