Kinetics of Equid herpesvirus type 2 infections in a group of Thoroughbred foals

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 176-180

  Dunowska, M ^a   Howe, L ^a   Hanlon, D ^b   Stevenson, M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Matamata Veterinary Services Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EHV 2; Equid herpesvirus; Real time PCR; Respiratory disease; Rhodococcus equi; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS 2; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS 2 INFECTION; FARM ANIMAL; FOAL; HERPES ZOSTER; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRUS LOAD;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHADINOVIRUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRAL LOAD;

ANIMALIA; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 2; EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 79960433361     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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