The Office International des Epizooties: Part I

I. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH The World Organization for Animal Health, or the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), is the international standard-setting organization that deals with animal health issues, including zoonoses. Diseases of concern are primarily transmissible diseases. The organization headquarters are in Paris. It was formed in 1924 in response to a worldwide spread of the cattle disease, rinderpest.