Giardia Ag Test

Introduction

Giardiasis is a zoonotic intestinal parasitic disease. Mainly in the small intestine of humans and mammals. Giardia grows and reproduces asexually on the surface of the small intestine of vertebrates, and the parasite produces cysts that can resist environmental adverse factors, which are excreted in feces, and transmitted directly or through water and food to other hosts. Water is thought to be an important way of spreading Giardia.
Infection in adult animals often has no obvious clinical symptoms, but it will become a source of infection for long-term detoxification. Infection in young animals often presents symptoms such as depression, loss of appetite, weight loss, abdominal distention and pain, pale gums and conjunctiva, loose stools, bloody or mucus-like intestinal mucosal shedding.

The Giardia Ag Test is a lateral flow immunochromatographic assay for the qualitative detection of Giardia antigen (Giardia Ag) in dog’s or cat’s feces specimen. Assay Time: 5-10 minutes

Benefits

1. One-step whole blood, serum and plasma testing.

2. Simple operation, non-professional on-site inspection.

3. The detection process is fast, and the result will be displayed in about 15 minutes.

4. The test time is less than or equal to 10 seconds, and it can detect 270 samples per hour at the fastest.

5. The detection equipment is compact, easy to carry, mobile terminal operation, cloud platform quality control.

6. The detection sensitivity is high, comparable to that of enzyme-labeled kits.

Components

• Test devices

• Droppers

• Single Buffer

• IFU

Principle

Giardia antigen Test is based on sandwich lateral flow immunochromatographic assay. The test device 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 the sample hole on the device, the liquid will laterally flow through the surface of the test strip and react with the pre-coated monoclonal antibodies. If there is Giardia antigen in the specimen, a visible T line will appears. 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 Giardia antigen in the specimen.

Strage and stablity

The kit can be stored at room temperature (2-30°C). The test kit is stable through the expiration date (18 months) marked on the package label. DO NOT FREEZE. Do not store the test kit in direct sunlight.

Other Items

Test Procedure

- Collect dog's fresh feces or vomit with the cotton Swab stick from dog's anus or from the ground.

- Insert the Swab into the provided assay buffer tube. Agitates it to get efficient sample extraction.

- Take out the test card from the foil pouch and place it horizontally.

- Suck the treated sample extraction from the assay buffer tube and place 3 drops into the sample hole "S" of the test device.

- Interpret the result in 5-10 minutes. Result after 10 minutes is considered as invalid.

INTERPRETATION OF ASSAY RESULT

- Positive (+): Whether the T line is clear or fuzzy, the "C" line and the region "T" line are present.

- Negative (-): Shows only the sharp C line. No T line.

- Invalid: no color lines in zone C. Whether the T line appears or not.

Clinical Date