136/22 | Review Article | Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Applications in Veterinary Medicine
Shikha Chaudhary, R.S. Sethi and Y.P.S. MalikGuru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana 141001, India
Published in the Indian Veterinary Journal September 2022 : 99 (9) - pages 7 to 13(Received: , Accepted: )
Abstract
Surveillance and the diagnosis of animal diseases using conventional approaches is difficult as several times, the diagnosis might take long time, i.e. from days to weeks.Traditional disease monitoring models could be dramatically affected by the availability of point-of-care testing (POCTs), which allows quick identification of infectious illnesses in bed-side settings. In this review, POCTs have been described in brief, that can be performed near the patient. POCTs include various tests such as lateral flow assays (LFAs), dipstick tests, portable nucleic acid detection systems, etc. These tests are being employed in various veterinary disease diagnosis facilities that are discussed in the review. The importance of POCT in the early detection of a variety of veterinary diseases can lead to the prompt prevention of a number of disease outbreaks, as well as pandemic prevention globally.
Key Words: Point-of-care-test, rapid test, bed-side test, LFA