Lateral transmission of equine arteritis virus among Lipizzaner stallions in South Africa

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 596-600

  Guthrie, A J ^a   Howell, P G ^a   Hedges, J F ^b   Bosman, A M ^a   Balasuriya, U B R ^b   McCollum, W H ^c   Timoney, P J ^c   MacLachlan, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine arteritis virus (EAV); Horse; Lipizzaner; Persistent infection; Transmission; Viral phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUINE VIRAL ARTERITIS VIRUS; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPERM; STALLION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HORSE; INFECTION CONTROL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; YUGOSLAVIA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; RNA VIRUSES;

ANIMALS; ARTERITIS VIRUS, EQUINE; ARTERIVIRUS INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; QUARANTINE; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 1542394177     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775467162     Document Type: Article

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