Examples of projects with industrial 

partners 

 Development of a pediatric bronchiolitis 

vaccine in infants

 Search for alternatives to antibiotics 

through feeding

 Implementation of a tool for assessing 

the health value of feed ingredients

 Control of the pathogenic marine 

aquaculture flavobacteria : detection 

methods and vaccine development 

 Parasite control through the use of plants 

(eg sainfoin) in animal feed 

 Epidemiology and toxicology applied to 

European wildlife and ecosystems

www.instituts-carnot.eu

Institut Carnot ICSA 

INRA Département Santé Animale 

37380 Nouzilly

France

Étienne ZUNDEL  
Director   
+33 (0)2 47 42 76 37
Réjane LE TINÉVEZ  
Deputy Director  
+33 (0)1 42 75 93 02
Fanny WACQUET  
Business Developper  
+33 (0)1 42 75 93 26
contact@ic-sante-animale.org

CONTACTS

Research personnel  
(full-time equivalent): 

953

including PhD students: 

130

Partnership  
research incomes: 

8 200 k

€

Global budget: 

80 470 k

€

© C. Maitre/INRA

© F. Giffard/INRA

© C. Maitre/INRA

© G.VASSEUR DELAITRE/INRA

Main facilities 

 Animal experimentation platforms (in 

containment or not) able to house anything 

from fish all the way up to lactating cows in 

biosafety level 3 (BSL3 containment)

 Insectariums ticks and insect vectors
 Collections of more than 2500 pathogenic 

bacteria of human and animal strains 

 Surgery and imaging used on experimental 

models of sheep, goats and swine 

 Many animal models: mice, arthropods, 

ruminants, pigs, poultry, fish

 Infrastructure in intertropical areas 

(Caribbean, Africa, Indian Ocean) 

 An animal and environment poison 

control center 

 Many high speed «omics» platforms