Various culture and isolation methods and these may include additional confirmatory tests.
Participants will be given clinical information about the sample, as would happen with most usual sample submissions to a laboratory. Using normal routine procedures the participants will make their choice of tests to try to determine the organisms present.
Please record any pathogen found in the Intended Pathogen field. when other organisms are isolated, these can be entered in the other organisms field.
The final report will be issued electronically. These will show the intended pathogen and other organisms isolated, as well as the results from all other participants.
Simulated clinical specimen 10mg freeze dried sample in glass vial. Samples may contain pathogenic and non pathogenic organisms. The organisms will be either reference or field strains.
UN3373 – Biological substance category B. Courier delivery will incur additional charges. Please contact the QA unit for details.
This scheme will contain the most common sample types likely to be encountered in a laboratory dealing with submissions from companion animal (mostly canine and feline) clinical practice. The most commonly isolated organisms will be included. From time to time less common organisms will also be included.
In some laboratories, veterinary comments on laboratory results can be part of the reporting process, especially when deciding whether or not an organism is considered a pathogen and the implications for diagnosis and any suggested treatment.
In the case of this PT scheme, veterinarians are able to add their comments in the comments field when reporting results, however these comments are not considered as part of the PT scheme and will not be assessed.
For price and detail of distribution months please see price list or contact: vetqas@apha.gov.uk