The EURL for AHS and BT provides a quick diagnostic service for the confirmation of both diseases and characterization of pathogens, using mostly techniques accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 according to the OIE Manual of Diagnostic. If necessary, EURL provide a diagnostic service to discard many other differential diseases.
In any case, the analyses are carried out under official control and, as EURL, the results obtained will be communicated to the EU Commission.