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Structural protein antibodies help assess vaccine response and serotype-specific protection, whereas antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) non-structural proteins (NSPs) support DIVA (differentiating infected from vaccinated animals) interpretation only when vaccine purity and vaccination history are considered. Residual NSPs in incompletely purified vaccines, repeated vaccination, antibody kinetics, host species and assay cut-offs all influence interpretation. This Mini Review examines NSP antibody detection based on 3ABC, 3B\/VPg repeated-epitope design, complementary NSP targets, competitive or blocking ELISA, multi-species-compatible assays and emerging field-deployable formats. It does not rank platforms as universally superior; instead, it considers reported performance, validation context and field setting. NSP serology is most useful when combined with vaccination records, structural protein serology, RT-qPCR and epidemiological investigation. 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