This paper reports the development a highly specific lateral flow immunoassay that can rapidly identify raw and cooked horse meat down to 0.01% and 1.0% contamination, respectively in about 35 min with no false positive signals observed. Specificity analysis revealed no cross-reactivity with serum albumins or meat derived from chicken, turkey, pig, cow, lamb, and goat. The results of method comparison showed that the assay had similar if not better sensitivity than the commercial ELISA kit and PCR, and required considerably less time to perform than either method.
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