A NOVEL IMMUNOBIOSENSOR APPARATUS FOR RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF FOOD AND MOTH DISEASE (FMD) IN LIVESTOK

摘要

This invention relates to an immunobiosensor apparatus for use in identifying Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) with an indication to the type of virus involved in livestocks, comprising a signal transducer capable of oscillating at a specific resonant frequency when connected to an osicillator circuit; a Transistor-Transistor Logic Oscillator Circuit (TTL) configured around said signal transducer, said circuit being supplied with 6V D.C. power supply from an external source, a plurality of electrodes placed on opposite faces of said signal transducer provided with a plurality of long leads; and a frequency counter to measure the output frequency of said oscillator circuit, wherein a fundamental frequency (f1) of said signal transducer being measured by connecting said oscillator circuit to said transducer, characterised in that said signal transducer is a 6 Mhz PZ crystal emerging as a frequency-determining element.