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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Thomas Patrick O'connor, Westbrook, ME (US);
Philip Andersen, Poland, ME (US);
Randall Groat, Freeport, ME (US);
Eugene Regis Krah, Yarmouth, ME (US);
Jill Saucier, Gorham, ME (US);
Thomas Patrick O'Connor, Westbrook, ME (US);
Philip Andersen, Poland, ME (US);
Randall Groat, Freeport, ME (US);
Eugene Regis Krah, Yarmouth, ME (US);
Jill Saucier, Gorham, ME (US);
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
Method, device and kit for the detection of antibodies directed to Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV). The method includes contacting the felid biological sample with FIV env polypeptide and detecting whether the polypeptide substantially binds to the antibody in the biological sample. The method will detect FIV antibodies in a sample from animals that have been naturally infected but the method will not detect antibodies in a sample from animals that have not been infected and that have not been vaccinated with an FIV vaccine after within about the previous five to eight weeks.