Outbreak of equine herpesvirus type 1 myeloencephalitis: New insights from virus identification by PCR and the application of an EHV-1-specific antibody detection ELISA

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 417-423

  Studdert, M J ^a   Hartley, C A ^a   Dynon, K ^a   Sandy, J R ^a   Slocombe, R F ^a   Charles, J A ^a   Milne, M E ^a   Clarke, A F ^a   El Hage, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DUVAXYN; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; ORALJECT BUTAZONE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE MUCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EQUIDAE; EQUINE HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUUS CABALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 0141961514     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.14.417     Document Type: Article

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