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To address this issue, in laboratory validation, we developed two rapid recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) detection methods for M. bicuspidata in E. sinensis targeting the histone acetyltransferase B-type subunit 2 gene (HAT-B2): an electrophoretic assay (RPA-AGE) and a colloidal gold lateral flow dipstick assay (RPA-LFD). We optimized RPA-AGE and RPA-LFD protocols for specific pathogen detection. Target detection was achieved within 35 min using RPA-AGE (30 min amplification at 37 \u00b0C followed by 5 min agarose gel electrophoresis), whereas RPA-LFD provided results in 15 min with high specificity (10 min amplification at 37 \u00b0C plus 5 min strip reading). Both methods exhibited exclusive specificity to M. bicuspidata, with no cross-reactivity with six pathogens, including Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Aeromonas hydrophila, Candida albicans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Microsporidia sp. The detection sensitivity of both platforms reached 4.8 copies\/\u03bcL in laboratory validation. For field testing, the detection results from 30 field samples showed that although the 70% detection rate was lower than the 83.3% achieved by quantitative PCR, these approaches surpassed the detection rate of conventional PCR (53.3%). Notably, the RPA-LFD platform is applicable under field conditions as no specialized equipment is required. 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