Use of the meridian test for the detection of equine herpesvirus type 1 infection in horses with decreased performance

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 554-559

  Chvala, Sonja ^a   Nowotny, Norbert ^a,b   Kotzab, Erich ^c   Cain, Marvin ^d   Van Den Hoven, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Veterinary Practice ^*  (Austria)

^d Veterinary Acupuncture Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIAN TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; HORSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HERPESVIRUS 4, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; EQUIDAE; EQUINE HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUINE HERPESVIRUS 4; EQUUS CABALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 4043164379     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.554     Document Type: Article

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