Blood Tests

Question 1

What does ELISA stand for?

Answer 1

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Question 2

What does RIA stand for?

Answer 2

Radioimmunoassay

Question 3

What does PCR stand for?

Answer 3

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Question 4

What does the presence of DNA or RNA tell you?

Answer 4

The animal is currently infected with that disease

Question 5

What does the presence of antibodies tell you?

Answer 5

• Only that the animal has been exposed to the disease
• Doesn’t differentiate between natural and artificial exposure
• Doesn’t indicate if the infection is current.

Question 6

What does blood tests tell you?

Answer 6

It depends on the type of tests run on the blood sample