The first five days: Field and laboratory investigations during the early stages of the equine influenza outbreak in Australia, 2007

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 6-10

  Kirkland, P D ^a   Davis, R J ^a   Wong, D ^b   Ryan, D ^a   Hart, K ^c   Corney, B ^d   Hewitson, G ^d   Cooper, K ^a   Biddle, A ^c   Eastwood, S ^e   Slattery, S ^f   Rayward, D ^c   Evers, M ^g   Wright, T ^g   Halpin, K ^h   Selleck, P ^h   Watson, J ^h  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Centennial Park Veterinary Practice   (Australia)

^c Livestock Health and Protection Authority   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^e Livestock Health and Protection Authority   (Australia)

^f Livestock Health and Protection Authority   (Australia)

^g NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Emergency animal disease; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Equine influenza; Horses; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; QUEENSLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79959781153     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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