Determining the endpoint of an outbreak of equine influenza in a large population of racing Thoroughbreds

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 25-27

  Ryan, D ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Emergency animal disease; Equine influenza; Horses; Thoroughbreds

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79959809788     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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