Technology Details:
This ELISA kit was developed for the diagnosis of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) infection in horses. Infection due to EHV-1 causes abortion, stillbirths, foal mortality, respiratory and neurological diseases in horses. EHV-1infection led abortion has been reported in ~15% of pregnant mares in organized farms which incurs huge economic losses. Around 13.5% of seropositivity was found in a national assessment of EHV-1 infection amongst Equidae in the country. Recently, incidences of the neurological form of the disease were also increasing globally. This kit is now in routine use at NRCE for sero-surveillance and disease investigation services. Equiherpes B-ELISA Kit is an alternative to the virus neutralization test. This kit gives results within 6 hours. This kit is able to detect seroconversion. Equiherpes B-ELISA Kit is useful for the assessment of herd immunity in equine breeding farms where vaccination is undertaken against EHV-1. This kit has been validated internally/externally. This kit will help in the timely diagnosis of EHV-1 infection and useful for assessment of herd immunity in equine breeding farms where vaccination is undertaken against EHV-1.