The EURL for Fish and Crustacean Diseases organizes an annual inter-laboratory proficiency test for the National Reference Laboratories (NRLs).
The aim of the proficiency tests is to assess the ability of participating laboratories to identify the fish diseases listed and categorized in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/216 and other current crustacean diseases.
The inter-laboratory proficiency test consists of a panel of reference samples. Each participating laboratory has to identify any White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV), Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) and Yellow Head Disease Virus (YHV-1) included in the blinded samples according to the diagnostic manuals provided by the EURL .
Since 2021, the EURL includes also the two exotic pathogens Taura Syndrome Virurs (TSV) and Yellow Head Virus (YHV) in the proficiency test.
Each participating laboratory receives a report containing information on the virus isolates included in the proficiency test and a summary of the results of all laboratories in a coded version. The participants are informed of their own code number and are thus able to compare their performance to that of the others. The coded version of the reports are available for download.
The proficiency test reports for recent years are available here on the website (see the menu). Upon request, the EURL can provide older versions of the reports. Please contact eurl-fish-crustacean@aqua.dtu.dk
Complaints regarding the ringtest may be sent to the mailbox, eurl-fish-crustacean@aqua.dtu.dk, of the EURL for Fish and Crustacean Diseases, the provider of the proficiency test.
The EURL registers all complaints regarding the proficiency test following the documented QA procedures. The staff of the EURL will promptly and carefully assess all aspects of the complaint and collect relevant information before introducing necessary corrections and taking corrective actions.
DTU Aqua, which is appointed as EU Reference Laboratory for Fish and Crustacean Diseases, provides interlaboratory proficiency test.
The laboratory is accredited by DANAK under the registration number 515 to supply interlaboratory proficiency test for fish and crustacean disease under ISO 17043:2023 standards.
Certificate of accreditation for providing proficiency testing. Reg. No 515
