Horsetalk.co.nz Portable kit able to deliver Hendra test results in horses in less than an hour Share Professor Ben Ahern, left, with a LAMP Genie III diagnostic machine, veterinary nurse Gabriella Doxey with horse Cartouche, and veterinary researcher Lyndal Hulse holds the Hendra diagnostic sampling kit. Photo: University of Queensland A new diagnostic point-of-care kit can detect the dangerous Hendra virus in horses in under an hour, rather than days. A rapid point-of-care diagnostic test to detect Hendra infections in horses has been sorely needed for decades, says University of Queensland veterinarian, Professor Ben Ahern, who worked on developing the kit.