​Anaerobe Laboratory, established in 1965 and supported by within the scope of Sheep Diseases Research Project of FAO in 1985 is the National Reference Diagnostic Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The laboratory is responsible for the diagnosis of Clostridial infections. Besides toxins neutralization, ELISA and Fluorescence antibody tests, isolation and identification are done with classical bacteriological methods. Standardization of sera for diagnosis, clostridial toxins and conjugates are also conducted by the laboratory.