April 17th 2011 ~ Penside testing "the diagnostic specificity of the LFD was approximately 99% compared to 100% for the ELISA" - yet DEFRA, it appears, will not rely on it unless there is "clear and unequivocal" visual evidence of FMD anyway
- Once again, one is astonished at the refusal of DEFRA to make full use of available rapid diagnostic testing for foot and mouth. As this PowerPoint pdf from the /www.fao.org makes clear:
- "The requirement for a specific, simple, cheap,
disposable and rapid test to be made available to
veterinarians to support clinical diagnosis of FMD has
been met through the development and validation of the
1F10 lateral flow device"
