An epidemiological investigation of the African horsesickness outbreak in the Western Cape Province of South Africa in 2004 and its relevance to the current equine export protocol

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-196

  Sinclair, M ^a   Buhrman G ^a   Gummow, B ^b  

^a State Veterinarian Boland   (South Africa)

^b State Veterinarian Boland ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

African horsesickness; Compartmentalisation; Culicoides; Horse exports; Outbreak; Surveillance zone

Indexed keywords

RAIN; VIRUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EXPERT; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34047116001     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v77i4.376     Document Type: Article

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