Multi‐species ELISA for the detection of antibodies against SARS‐CoV‐2 in animals

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    The expression of the proteins was verified by SDS-PAGE and western blotting using a HRP-conjugated anti-Strep-tag antibody (dilution 1/20,000, iba lifesciences).
    anti-Strep-tag
    suggested: None
    For chicken samples, an anti-chicken conjugate (Rabbit anti-Chicken IgY (H+L) Secondary Antibody, HRP; ThermoFisher Scientific) diluted 1/10,000 was applied.
    anti-Chicken IgY
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Expi293 cells were grown in suspension in Expi293 expression medium (ThermoFisher Scientific) at 37 °C, 8 % CO2, and 125 rpm.
    Expi293
    suggested: RRID:CVCL_D615)
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Biotin was blocked by adding BioLock (iba lifesciences) as recommended, and the supernatant was purified using Strep-Tactin XT Superflow high capacity resin (iba lifesciences) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
    BioLock
    suggested: None
    In addition, three sequential sera from a naturally SARS-CoV-2 infected cat were included (ProMED-mail, 2020).
    ProMED-mail
    suggested: (ProMed-Mail, RRID:SCR_010260)
    All analyses and visualizations were performed using GraphPad Prism version 8.0 for Windows (GraphPad Software, USA).
    GraphPad Prism
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)
    GraphPad
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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