Prevalence of latent, neuropathogenic equine herpesvirus-1 in the Thoroughbred broodmare population of central Kentucky

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-110

  Allen, G P ^a   Bolin, D C ^a   Bryant, U ^a   Carter, C N ^a   Giles, R C ^a   Harrison, L R ^a   Hong, C B ^a   Jackson, C B ^a   Poonacha, K ^a   Wharton, R ^a   Williams, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine herpesvirus 1; Herpesvirus; Horse; Latency; Myeloencephalopathy; Neurological disease; PCR; Submandibular lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LATENCY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KENTUCKY; LYMPH NODES; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 41949118072     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X253127     Document Type: Article

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