INTENDED USE

The Canine Lyme virus antibody (Lyme Ab) is a test cassette to diagnose the presence of antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi in dog’s serum, plasma and whole blood specimen.

PRINCIPLE

The Canine Lyme virus antibody (Lyme Ab) Test is based on sandwich lateral flow immunochromatographic assay. The test card has a testing window for the observation of assay running and result reading. The testing window has an invisible T (test) zone and a C (control) zone before running the assay. When the treated sample was applied into each sample hole on the device, the liquid will laterally flow through the surface of the test strip and react with the pre-coated Borrelia burgdorferi recombinant antigens respectively. If there are Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in the specimen, a visible T line will appear. The C line should always appear after a sample is applied, which indicates a valid result. By this means, the device can accurately indicate the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in the specimen.