Velvet disease detection device, system and method
AssigneeMote Marine Laboratory
InventorsDana L. Wetzel, Tracy Sherwood
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Abstract
Velvet disease infestation is detected using affinity reagents that are cross-reactive with one or more A. ocellatum or P. pillulare antigens. The analysis may be performed shipboard, dockside, in an aquaculture or aquarium setting, otherwise in situ at the point of sample collection or elsewhere. The results may be used to monitor health and disease of captured or cultured fish species or the safety of water to be introduced into an aquaculture facility.
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A device for detecting velvet disease infestation in aquaculture and fishing, the device comprising:
- a test plate comprising a support bearing at least one conjugated (detection) affinity reagent and at least one immobilized (capture) affinity reagent that are cross-reactive with one or more Amyloodinium ocellatum (AO) antigens or Piscinoodinium pillulare (PP) antigens, the conjugated affinity reagent and the immobilized affinity reagent being selected to target two infectious life stages of AO, PP, or AO and PP, the conjugated affinity reagent and the immobilized affinity reagent being bound to the support or bound to particles that can migrate along the support.
A device for detecting velvet disease infestation in aquaculture and fishing, the device comprising:
- a test plate comprising a support bearing at least one conjugated (detection) affinity reagent and at least one immobilized (capture) affinity reagent that are cross-reactive with one or more Amyloodinium ocellatum (AO) antigens or Piscinoodinium pillulare (PP) antigens, the conjugated affinity reagent and the immobilized affinity reagent being selected to target two infectious life stages of AO, PP, or AO and PP, the conjugated affinity reagent and the immobilized affinity reagent being bound to the support or bound to particles that can migrate along the support.
A device for detecting velvet disease infestation in aquaculture and fishing, the device comprising:
- a test plate comprising a support bearing at least one conjugated (detection) affinity reagent and at least one immobilized (capture) affinity reagent that are cross-reactive with one or more Amyloodinium ocellatum (AO) antigens or Piscinoodinium pillulare (PP) antigens, the conjugated affinity reagent and the immobilized affinity reagent being selected to target two infectious life stages of AO, PP, or AO and PP, the conjugated affinity reagent and the immobilized affinity reagent being bound to the support or bound to particles that can migrate along the support.
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