An outbreak of equine infectious anaemia in Ireland during 2006: Investigation methodology, initial source of infection, diagnosis and clinical presentation, modes of transmission and spread in the Meath cluster

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 706-708

  More, S J ^a   Aznar, I ^a   Bailey, D C ^b   Larkin, J F ^c   Leadon, D P ^f   Lenihan, P ^d   Flaherty, B ^e   Fogarty, U ^f   Brangan, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Agriculture House   (Ireland)

^c District Veterinary Office   (Ireland)

^d CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^e Maynooth Business Campus ^*  (Ireland)

^f IRISH EQUINE CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Diagnosis, clinical pathology; EIA; Epidemiology; Equine infectious anaemia; Horse; Ireland; Source; Spread, outbreak investigation; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA; FEMALE; HORSES; INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS, EQUINE; IRELAND; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 55849098557     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X363305     Document Type: Article

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