Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a severe, highly contagious viral disease of livestock that has a significant economic impact. The disease affects cattle, swine, sheep, goats and other cloven-hoofed ruminants. Intensively reared animals are more susceptible to the disease than traditional breeds. The disease is rarely fatal in adult animals, but there is often high mortality in young animals due to myocarditis or, when the dam is infected by the disease, lack of milk.
FMD is characterised by fever and blister-like sores on the tongue and lips, in the mouth, on the teats and between the hooves. The disease causes severe production losses, and while the majority of affected animals recover, the disease often leaves them weakened and debilitated.
The disease may be suspected based on clinical signs. However, FMD cannot be differentiated clinically from other vesicular diseases, such as swine vesicular disease, vesicular stomatitis, and vesicular exanthema.
Confirmation of any suspected FMD case through laboratory tests is therefore a matter of urgency.
Key facts of this FMDV Antigen Rapid Test Kit
- Ready to use kits for farmers
- No special instrument required
- Only less than 15min to get visual result
- Low cost with high sensitivity
Performance of the FMDV Antigen Rapid Test Kit
The kit is based on sandwich lateral immunoassay, to detect foot-and-mouth disease antigen in swine serum, which is rapid, accurate and easy-to-operate. The kit was also validated with ELISA, another rapid testing method of FMDV.
FMDV Antigen Rapid Test Kit Components
- FMD Ag Rapid Test Cassette, 25pcs
- Sample buffer, 25pcs
- Disposable pipette, 25pcs
Extended Reading
- Foot and mouth disease, USDA website,
- Foot and mouth disease, OIE website,
- Foot and mouth disease, Wikipedia
- Foot and mouth disease, Australian Department of Agriculture
