lateral flow tests are reliable enough that they have been used for in-home testing for decades (home pregnancy tests are probably the most familiar). FDA approval demonstrates confidence in this decades-old technology as a test that can be performed reliably outside of a laboratory setting. until recently, lateral flow tests have been limited by relatively poor sensitivity and used almost strictly as a qualitative test. the increasing interest in diagnostics for LRS has encouraged research that addresses the current limitations of the traditional lateral flow assay. although most of these research projects target infectious disease diagonostics in LRS, the technology can be seen as a potential brnefit for farms everywhere.