Equine herpesvirus type 1-associated myeloencephalopathy in The Netherlands: A four-year retrospective study (1999-2003)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 601-607

  Goehring, Lutz S ^a,d   Van Winden, Steven C ^b   Van Maanen, C ^c   Sloet Van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, Marianne M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustered neurologic disease; Horse; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 33646822508     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[601:EHTAMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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