An international workshop, held in Wiesbaden, Germany on 15–17 May 2019 provided an overview of existing and new methods and approaches to diagnostics in animal health and their benefits and challenges. The variability in quality and authority review of test kits across the world is a concern for the reliability of test results and the decisions that are based on the diagnostic data. In countries or regions without regulatory oversight, there is an urgent need for international harmonisation of quality requirements and licensing procedures. This would increase the validity of the diagnostic methods and allow mutual recognition of test results within the network of official control laboratories and amongst animal health officials. Regional cooperation, as well as the OIE Laboratory Network, should be used to support licensing procedures, pool resources for serum and sample banks, survey outbreak responses, and coordinate research and development of new veterinary diagnostics. The end-users must have clear information on a test's performance, limitations, and interpretation of results.

2019年5月15日至17日在德国威斯巴登举行的国际研讨会概述了动物健康诊断的现有和新方法及方法及其益处和挑战。全球测试套件的质量和权威性审查的多样性是测试结果的可靠性以及基于诊断数据的决策的关注点。在没有监管监督的国家或地区，迫切需要对质量要求和许可程序进行国际协调。这将提高诊断方法的有效性，并允许在官方控制实验室网络内以及动物卫生官员之间相互认可测试结果。应使用区域合作以及OIE实验室网络来支持许可程序，集中用于血清和样本库的资源，调查爆发反应，并协调新兽医学诊断的研发。最终用户必须对测试的性能，局限性和结果解释具有清晰的信息。