Detection of viruses in nasal swab samples from horses with acute, febrile, respiratory disease using virus isolation, polymerase chain reaction and serology

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 46-50

  Dynon, K ^a   Black, W D ^a   Ficorilli, N ^a   Hartley, C A ^a   Studdert, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equine adeno virus; Equine arteritis virus; Equine herpesvirus; Equine rhinitis virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Serology; Virus isolation; Virus respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APHTHOVIRUS; ARTICLE; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; ERBOVIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY; PICORNAVIRUS; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; APHTHOVIRUS; ERBOVIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HERPESVIRUS 4, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NASAL CAVITY; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VARICELLOVIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS; EQUINE HERPESVIRUS SP.; EQUINE RHINITIS A VIRUS; EQUINE RHINITIS B VIRUS 1; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 33847032176     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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