Proficiency Testing Scheme Details

2025

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST
JGKPT01 Antibiogram (Clinical pathogens) Disc Diffusion – Kirby Bauer 4 x per year
JGKPT02 Antibiogram (Mastitis pathogens) Disc Diffusion – Kirby Bauer 4 x per year

BRUCELLA
JGKPT03 Brucella abortus – antibodies (serum) Rose Bengal Test 4 x per year
JGKPT04 Brucella abortus – antibodies (serum) Complement Fixation Test 4 x per year
JGKPT05 Brucella abortus – antibodies (milk) Milk Ring Test 4 x per year
JGKPT06 Brucella abortus – Agent ID (culture/milk/swabs) Culture and Identification / PCR 4 x per year
JGKPT07 Brucella abortus – slides Microscopy 4 x per year

CLINICAL VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
JGKPT08 Listeria species – clinical Culture and Identification / PCR 2 x per year
JGKPT09 Salmonella in poultry (chicken) – agent ID Culture and Identification / PCR 2 x per year
JGKPT10 Salmonella in mammals (food animals) – agent ID Culture and Identification / PCR 2 x per year

DIAGNOSTIC BACTERIOLOGY – DISEASE SCENARIOS
JGKPT11 Diseases of Cattle – scenario Bacteriology - Culture & ID / PCR Once per year
JGKPT12 Diseases of Chickens – scenario Bacteriology - Culture & ID / PCR Once per year
JGKPT13 Diseases of Dog & cats – scenario Bacteriology - Culture & ID / PCR Once per year
JGKPT14 Diseases of Horse – scenario Bacteriology - Culture & ID / PCR Once per year
JGKPT15 Diseases of Pig – scenario Bacteriology - Culture & ID / PCR Once per year
JGKPT16 Diseases of Sheep & goats – scenario Bacteriology - Culture & ID / PCR Once per year

VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK HYGIENE, FOOD HYGIENE, ANTIMICROBIAL RESIDUES
JGKPT17,18,19 Milk hygiene – milk Microbiology (Total Bacterial Counts, Coliforms, E. coli) 4 x per year
JGKPT20 Antimicrobial residues – milk (Inhibitory substances) Rapid Tests, ELISA, Chromatography 4 x per year
JGKPT21 Antimicrobial residues – milk (Penicillin) Rapid Tests, ELISA, Chromatography 4 x per year
JGKPT22 Antimicrobial residues – milk (Tetracycline) Rapid Tests, ELISA, Chromatography 4 x per year
JGKPT23 Antimicrobial residues – chicken muscle/organs (Inhibitory substances) Rapid Tests, ELISA, Chromatography 4 x per year
JGKPT24 Antimicrobial residues – chicken muscle/organs (Penicillin) Rapid Tests, ELISA, Chromatography 4 x per year
JGKPT25 Antimicrobial residues – chicken muscle/organs (Tetracycline) Rapid Tests, ELISA, Chromatography 4 x per year
JGKPT26 Campylobacter jejuni – meat (food hygiene) Microbiology (Detection) 4 x per year
JGKPT27 Food hygiene – Viable counts (meat) Microbiology (Total Bacterial Counts, Coliforms, E. coli) 4 x per year
JGKPT28 E. coli/E. coli O157 – meat (food hygiene) Microbiology (Detection) 4 x per year
JGKPT29 Listeria monocytogenes – meat (food hygiene) Microbiology (Detection) 4 x per year
JGKPT30 Salmonella species – meat (food hygiene) Microbiology (Detection) 4 x per year

TOXICOLOGY
JGKPT31 Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2 – maize ELISA, Chromatography, Absorbance read 2 x per year
JGKPT32 Fumonisins B1, B2 – maize ELISA, Chromatography, Absorbance read 2 x per year

UDDER HEALTH
JGKPT33 Somatic cell counting – milk DISCONTINUED -
JGKPT34 Mastitis pathogens – milk Culture and Identification 4 x per year

REPRODUCTION
JGKPT35 Bovine trichomoniasis – sheath wash Agent Identification – Culture 4 x per year
JGKPT36 Bovine trichomoniasis – sheath wash Agent Identification – PCR 4 x per year
JGKPT37 Bovine genital campylobacteriosis – sheath wash Agent Identification – Culture 4 x per year
JGKPT38 Bovine genital campylobacteriosis – sheath wash Agent Identification – PCR 4 x per year

SEROLOGY/ANTIBODY DETECTION
JGKPT39 Bovine viral diarrhoea  – antibodies ELISA 2 x per year
JGKPT40 Fasciola hepatica  – antibodies ELISA 2 x per year
JGKPT41 Avian influenza  – antibodies ELISA and HI Test 2 x per year
JGKPT42 Infectious bronchitis virus  – antibodies ELISA 2 x per year
JGKPT43 Newcastle disease – antibodies ELISA and HI Test 2 x per year
JGKPT44 Salmonella enteritidis – antibodies ELISA 2 x per year
JGKPT45 Mycoplasma gallisepticum – antibodies ELISA and RSPA 2 x per year
Note:

Participants requiring PT schemes that are not listed under Food Hygiene and Veterinary Microbiology should contact JGK directly.