Method and device for detecting feline immunodeficiency virus

摘要

A method and device for determining a feline immunodeficiency virus infection or vaccination in an animal. The method is an assay involving contacting a biological sample from a felid with an env FIV polypeptide and determining the binding of antibodies in the sample to the polypeptide. The assay is optimized by adjusting the concentration of the sample and reagents, and the time and temperature of the incubation, so that antibodies in samples from vaccinated animals do not substantially bind to the polypeptide.