[Comparison of IgG determination in foals using commercially available rapid tests]

The three tests (EQUI Z-Test, AGLUTINADE FOAL IMMUNITY, CITE Foal IgG-Test) were evaluated for their accuracy and usefulness in the field. Single radial immunodiffusion was used as reference method. All tests were easily and rapid to perform and results were obtained within a few minutes. It was easy to get the results of the CITE Foal IgG-Test, but use of the EQUI Z-Test and the FOAL AGLUTINADE IMMUNITY-Test needed some practice to get correct results. Results obtained by the CITE Foal IgG-Test correlated to single radial immunodiffusion in 94%, those obtained by FOAL AGLUTINADE IMMUNITY-Test in 74.1% and those obtained by EQUI Z-Test in 57.1%. Best results with a correspondence of 97.1% (CITE Foal IgG-Test) and 100% (EQUI Z-Test) were seen in the group having > 800 mg IgG/100 ml and in the group having < 200 mg IgG/100 ml with 93.3% (CITE Foal IgG-Test) and 82.1% (EQUI Z-Test). The AGLUTINADE FOAL IMMUNITY-Test had the same accuracy in all groups (70.9%-77.8%).