Validation and kit development of LAMP test for C. psittaci and EHV1

The Agrifutures Thoroughbred Horses Program has previously invested in project PRJ-011628 - Diagnostic investigations into Chlamydia psittaci pathology in equine abortion, which developed Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) tests for Chlamydia psittaci and Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV1).  This project aims to validate and develop these tests to create an easy and efficient test kit to diagnose C. psittaci and EHV1 in thoroughbred horse foetal post-mortems.  This project will undertake further validation of C. psittaci and EHV1 LAMP tests developed as part of project PRJ-011628, and translate this process into an easy-to-use test kit commercially available to stakeholders and adopted across the on-farm vets and veterinary clinics. These kits will be instrumental in allowing for rapid diagnosis on farms of potentially infectious causes of abortion. This rapid diagnosis will allow for targeted disease management leading to improved farm biosecurity and effective breeding management.