SRUC Vet Services | PSGHS Accreditation Schemes

MV/CAE/EAE/Johne’s disease tests normally take 5-17 working days, with delays possible during very busy periods. Please help us to achieve turnaround times by making sure you have filled in the necessary paperwork.

Accreditation scheme rules & guides

Quick guide to PSGHS accreditation

An overview of qualifying testing, samples and annual accreditation for each of the PSGHS diseases.

MV/CAE accreditation rules

MV/CAE accreditation quick guide (mobile-friendly)

Johne's disease accreditation rules

An overview of qualifying testing, samples and annual accreditation for each of the PSGHS diseases.

Johne's disease accreditation quick guide (mobile-friendly)

EAE accreditation rules

Testing, submission & other forms

IMPORTANT: If this is your first health schemes test we require our membership application form (for Accreditation and Monitoring Schemes) to be completed and returned with the samples. We cannot process the samples without this form.

Membership application form

PSGHS submission form

MV/CAE, Johne's & EAE information sheet

Premises check form

Import declaration form

Johne's risk level form

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Sample requirements & sending samples

Each disease has a set of different sample requirements. Please download our PSGHS quick guide for more information. All samples should be sent to St Boswells following Royal Mail guidelines.

PSGHS blood samples – please use red top tubes. Samples should be dispatched to us within 48 hours of collection and refrigerated until dispatch.

Testing for multiple diseases – Where testing dates coincide and samples are being submitted for EAE and MV/CAE, a single sample from each animal is sufficient, but the correct blood test information sheets must be completed for each.

Abortion material – PSGHS abortion material from members of the EAE accreditation should also go to the local SRUC Veterinary Services or APHA Centre that you normally use.

Non-Health Scheme testing – Please provide an extra blood sample/animal if you require non-Health Scheme tests done along with your Health Scheme tests. If you are importing animals, please contact PSGHS.

Scrapie – Scrapie genotyping requires an EDTA blood sample in purple blood tubes. For more information visit our Scrapie monitoring page.

Please send all PSGHS samples to: SRUC Veterinary Services, Greycrook, St. Boswells, TD6 0EQ / Tel: 01835 822 456 / Email: HealthSchemes@SRUC.ac.uk

Accreditation submission forms

For more information please see our sample and reporting policy, terms and conditions, privacy policy and quality policy.

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