Patent ID: 8354514

Claim:
A kit for determining the presence or absence of at least two porcine pathogens in a sample, said pathogens selected from the group consisting of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV), Porcine Respiratory Reproductive Syndrome Virus (PRRS), Swine Vesicular Disease Virus (SVD), Vesicular Exaanthema of Swine Virus (VESV), and Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV), said kit comprising nucleic acid reagents for detection of at least one nucleic acid signature sequence from each of the at least two pathogens, wherein the following nucleic acid signature sequences are detected: for pathogen FMDV, signature sequences consisting of SEQ ID NO:129 or SEQ ID NO:133; for pathogen PRRS, signature sequences consisting of SEQ ID NO:137 or SEQ ID NO:141 or SEQ ID NO:145 or SEQ ID NO:149 or SEQ ID NO:153; for pathogen SVD, signature sequences consisting of SEQ ID NO:157 or SEQ ID NO:161 or SEQ ID NO:165; for pathogen VESV, signature sequences consisting of SEQ ID NO:169 or SEQ ID NO:173 or SEQ ID NO:177; and for pathogen VSV, signature sequences consisting of SEQ ID NO:181 or SEQ ID NO:185 or SEQ ID NO:189 or SEQ ID NO: 193 or SEQ ID NO:197 or SEQ ID NO:201.