Patent ID: 8481333

Claim:
A kit for determining the presence, absence or level of feline NT-proBNP in a sample comprising: (a) a solid support; (b) a first antibody, the first antibody being specific for a first epitope on a fragment of feline NT-proBNP, the fragment being less than the full length of feline NT-proBNP and being stable in feline serum or plasma at room temperature after at least 192 hours from taking the sample wherein the fragment of feline NT-proBNP is selected from the group consisting of ASEASAIQELLDGLRDTVSEL (SED ID NO:5); LGPLQQGHSPAESWEAQEEPPARVLAPHDNVLR (SEQ ID NO:9) and LQQGHSPAESWEAQEEPPARVLAPHDNVLR (SEQ ID NO:10); and (c) a second antibody being specific for a second epitope on the fragment of feline NT-proBNP, the second epitope being different than the first epitope.