Equine viral arteritis: Current status and prevention

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 403-414

  Holyoak, G R ^a   Balasuriya, U B R ^b   Broaddus, C C ^a   Timoney, P J ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; Equine arteritis virus; Persistent infection; Prevention; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTERIVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; VIRAL VACCINES;

EQUIDAE; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS;

EID: 45649084875     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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