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    • Aquatic and terrestrial Australian and New Zealand standard diagnostic procedures (ANZSDPs)
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Aquatic and terrestrial Australian and New Zealand standard diagnostic procedures (ANZSDPs)

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry maintains this list of Australian and New Zealand standard diagnostic procedures (ANZSDPs). ANZSDPs supersede some of the older Australian standard diagnostic techniques (ASDTs), published in 1993.

The objectives of an ANZSDP are to:

  • standardise test procedures to ensure consistency between laboratories using methods selected for their optimal accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and robustness
  • provide standard methods that can be used in:
    • external proficiency testing programmes
    • development of documentation for quality systems.

These procedures describe tests and the availability of reagents consistent with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH):

  • Manual of diagnostic tests and vaccines for terrestrial animals (Terrestrial manual)
  • Manual of diagnostic tests for aquatic animals (Aquatic manual).

Some ANZSDPs may exceed WOAH requirements where special procedures and interpretation are necessary for Australian and New Zealand circumstances.
Any tests that differ in principle from an established (standard) test must be favourably and independently evaluated before inclusion in an ANZSDP. Commercial suppliers and individual proponents seeking inclusion of a new test, or a new version of an existing test, in an existing ANZSDP will need to submit relevant data and information to the department for evaluation.

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  • Veterinary laboratory tests

Aquatic

  • Aeromonas salmonicida
  • Aquatic birnavirus infections of finfish
  • Betanodavirus infections of finfish 2014
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  • Bonamiasis
  • Crayfish plague
  • Finfish sampling
  • Megalocytivirus
  • Piscirickettsia salmonis
  • Surveillance
  • Vibriosis
  • Virus isolation
  • White spot syndrome virus
  • Yersiniosis

Terrestrial

  • Aino virus
  • Anthrax
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
  • Australian bat lyssavirus
  • Avian influenza
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  • Chlamydial infection in birds and animals
  • Contagious equine metritis
  • Enzootic bovine leukosis
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  • Honey bee disease
  • Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
  • Johne's disease - August 2010
  • Johne's disease - July 2015
  • Johne's disease quality plan 2010
  • Leptospirosis
  • Malignant catarrhal fever
  • Menangle virus
  • Nematode parasites of ruminants
  • Ovine campylobacteriosis
  • Ovine footrot
  • Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) (superseded)
  • Paratuberculosis—SCAHLS quality plan for Johne's disease testing (superseded)
  • Pestiviruses
  • Porcine circovirus infection
  • Q fever
  • Tick-borne diseases
  • Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
  • Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (superseded)
  • Very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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