PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAMS FEED A13 Feed 14 Forages 22 A26a A42 A67 A67a Silages Amino acids Premix Pet food (10 rounds per year) Pet food (5 rounds per year) A = PTS accredited by COFRAC A = Circuit accrédité par le COFRAC FiCir01-Feed-GB 1 / 8
13 FEED Proficiency Testing Scheme created in 1972 173 registered laboratories from 49 countries 10 rounds per annual series Ashes (raw & insoluble) Biogenic amines Crude protein Crude fiber content Digestibility of crude fiber Fat content Glucosinolates Insoluble Lignin Iodine value Insoluble plant walls Lactose Moisture content Nitrates Oil content Parietal components Peroxide index Soluble nitrogenous matter Starch content Total sugars Viscosity Water activity. Raw materials Finished products Wheat Peas Milk replacer for cows Cat kibble Rapeseed Beet pulp Feed for turkey Dog kibble Corn gluten feed Soya Feed for rabbit Poultry meal Corn draff Bran Feed for fish Molasse Horse beans Rapeseed cake Laying hen feed Sunflower seeds Rapeseed cake Expeller Growing-finishing pig meal Linseed Linseed cake Growth feed for piglet Dehydrated alfalfa Soyabean cake Feed for piglet Corn Sunflower cake Feed for chicken Barley Triticale Feed for sow Cow feed Nitrogenous corrector with urea Minerals: Ca, P, Mg, K, Na, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, Se, Cl, S Amino acid components: Cystine Vitamins: A, E, D3 Others elements: Arsenic Cadmium Cobalt Iodine Lead Nutritional facts: PDIA, PDIMN, PDIME Raw energy, MFU. Pigments: Carotene Xanthophylles Microscopics analyses: Identified cereals Identified leguminus plants Fatty acids compound: Butyric Caproic Erucic Gondoic Lauric Linoleic Oleic Myristic Palmitic, etc. Residue of veterinary drugs: Carbadox Olaquindox Monensin Narasin Nicarbazine Robenidine Salinomycine Ethoxyquine Oxybendazole Oxytetracycline FiCir01-Feed-GB 2 / 8
14 FORAGES Proficiency testing scheme created in 1984 35 registered laboratories from 11 countries 10 rounds per annual series Hays: Dehydrated alfalfa Mountain Natural meadow Orchard grass Ray grass Wrapped bales: Meadow Orchard grass Ray grass Dry matter Crude fiber content Moisture content Proteins content on raw material Starch Total nitrogenous material Total sugars Parietal component: NDF, ADF, ADL Silages: Dried corn Dried dactyl Dried clover Sorghum Straw Minerals: Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, P Cellulase digestibility of dry and organic matter Digestibility forecast Energetic value forecast : UFL, UFV, UFC Nitrogeneous value: PDIA, PDIN, PDIE Digestible nitrogeneous matter. Dried green fodder: Alfalfa Corn Dehydrated fodder: Alfalfa Ray grass. FiCir01-Feed-GB 3 / 8
22 SILAGES Proficiency testing scheme created in 1984 27 registered laboratories from 9 countries 4 rounds per annual series Grass silage Corn silage Cereal mixture silage Dry matter Crude fiber content Residual moisture content Starch Total nitrogenous Parietal components: - NDF - ADF - ADL Alcohols: methanol, ethanol, N-butanol, N-propanol Ammoniacal nitrogen Calcium Lactic acid ph Magnesium Soluble nitrogen Total phosphorus Digestibility: - pepson cellulase - cellulase of dry and organic matter Digestibility and energic value forecast Nitrogeneous value. Sorghum silage Immature cereal silage Alfalfa silage. Volatile fatty acids: - acetic acid - isobutyric acid - isovalerianic acid - N-valerianic acid - N-butyric acid - propionic acid FiCir01-Feed-GB 4 / 8
26a AMINO ACIDS: ANIMAL FEED Proficiency Testing Scheme created in 1970 36 registered laboratories from 23 different countries 5 rounds per annual series Casein Cat food Corn gluten / Wheat gluten Minerals concentrate with amino acids Feed for piglet supplemented with free amino acids Feed for animals supplemented with free amino acids Feed for chicken Amino acids by hydrolysis method: Aspartic acid Alanine Arginine Cystine Glutamic acid Glycine Histidine Isoleucine Leucine Phenylalanine Proline Serine Tyrosine Threonine Tryptophane Valine Sum of amino acids Peas Pure lysine Soybean meal Turkey meal Wheat draff. Free amino acids : Threonine Tryptophan Protein content. A complementary test «26b Amino acids Food» is available. A special price will be allocated if you cumulate these schemes. FiCir01-Feed-GB 5 / 8
42 PREMIX Proficiency testing scheme created in 2000 67 registered laboratories from 29 countries 10 rounds per annual series Bicalcic phosphate Blend of vitamins Calcium carbonate Manganese oxide Mineral premix Multivitamined supplement Mineral food with vitamon Organic premix Zinc sulphate Insoluble ash content Phytasic activity Free lysine Choline Minerals: Calcium Chlorides Fluorine Iodine Magnesium Potassium Soluble phosphorus (on water and citric acid) Sodium Total phosphorus Metals: Arsenic Cadmium Copper Cobalt Iron Lead Mercury Manganese Selenium Total sulphur Zinc. Vitamins: A, E, D3, C, B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B9, B12, K3, H, PP/B3. Tocopherols FiCir01-Feed-GB 6 / 8
67 PET FOOD (10 ROUNDS) Proficiency testing scheme created in 2016 10 rounds per annual series Dry cat food / Dry dog food Corn Dog premix / Cat premix Fish meal / poultry meal / greaves Frozen meat Pig fat / Poultry fat Vitamon supplements Wet dog food / Wet cat food Wheat gluten Amino acids: Alanine Arginine Aspartic acid Cystine Glutamic acid Glycine Histidine Isoleucine Leucine Proline Phenylalanine Serine Total taurine Threonine Tyrosine Tryptophane Valine Antioxidants (BHA, BHT) Biogenic amines: Cadaverin Histamine Putrescine Spermine Spermidine Serotonine Tryptamine Tyramine Mycotoxins: Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2 Deoxynivalenol Fumonisins B1, B2 Ochratoxon A Nivalenol T2, HT2 Zearalenone Fatty acids (relative composition on %) Trace elements (arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium) Vitamins: A, E, D3, C, B1, B2, PP/B3, B5, B6, B8, B9, B12, K3 Tocopherol Total and free choline Metals: Iron Copper Manganese Selenium Zinc Minerals: Phosphorus Calcium Sodium Potassium Magnesium Contaminants: Acrylamide Cyanuric acid Melamine. Physico-chemical analyses: Anisidine index Chlorine of chlorides Crude fiber Ethoxyquine Hexanal Insoluble fibres Lutein Lycopene Oleic acid ph Protein content Peroxide value Raw fats Starch content Soluble fibres Total sugars Total fibres Water content Collagen (for some matrices) FiCir01-Feed-GB 7 / 8
67a PET FOOD (5 ROUNDS) Proficiency testing scheme created in 2016 (used to be PTS 67, created in 2013) 5 rounds per annual series 49 registered laboratories from 19 countries Dry cat food / Dry dog food Corn Dog premix / Cat premix Fish meal / poultry meal / greaves Frozen meat Pig fat / Poultry fat Vitamon supplements Wet dog food / Wet cat food Wheat gluten Amino acids: Alanine Arginine Aspartic acid Cystine Glutamic acid Glycine Histidine Isoleucine Leucine Proline Phenylalanine Serine Total taurine Threonine Tyrosine Tryptophane Valine Antioxidants (BHA, BHT) Biogenic amines: Cadaverin Histamine Putrescine Spermine Spermidine Serotonine Tryptamine Tyramine Mycotoxins: Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2 Deoxynivalenol Fumonisins B1, B2 Ochratoxon A Nivalenol T2, HT2 Zearalenone Fatty acids (relative composition on %) Trace elements (arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium) Vitamins: A, E, D3, C, B1, B2, PP/B3, B5, B6, B8, B9, B12, K3 Tocopherol Total and free choline Metals: Iron Copper Manganese Selenium Zinc Minerals: Phosphorus Calcium Sodium Potassium Magnesium Contaminants: Acrylamide Cyanuric acid Melamine. Physico-chemical analyses: Anisidine index Chlorine of chlorides Crude fiber Ethoxyquine Hexanal Insoluble fibres Lutein Lycopene Oleic acid ph Protein content Peroxide value Raw fats Starch content Soluble fibres Total sugars Total fibres Water content Collagen (for some matrices) FiCir01-Feed-GB 8 / 8