Roadmap for the development of diagnostic tests for FMD

What are we trying to achieve and why? What is the problem we are trying to solve?

To establish if the antibody response can be used early on in infection and in establishing the infectious status of the animal.

What are the scientific and technological challenges
(knowledge gaps needing to be addressed)?

• Establish if the antibody response can be used early on in infection and in establishing the infectious status of the animal

What approaches could/should be taken to address the research question?

Characterisation of the antibody response following infection.

What else needs to be done before we can solve this need?

• Host-pathogen interaction.
• Antigen detection.
• FMDV genome.