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Equine viral arteritis: international status and consequences for breeding populations

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Timoney P.J.
In: AVEF - Conférence Annuelle - Versailles, 2006 by Association des Vétérinaires Équins Français
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OCT 14, 2006
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Equine viral arteritis is an infrequently encountered contagious viral disease of equids that assumed unprecedented notoriety following a widespread outbreak on Thoroughbred breeding farms in Kentucky in 1984. The most important consequences of this infection are abortion in the mare, death in the young foal, and establishment of the carrier state in the stallion. The majority of horses exposed to the causal agent, EAV, experience subclinical infection. Horses affected with EVA make uneventful clinical recoveries. The carrier stallion is considered the primary reservoir of EAV. Based on current knowledge and availability of a safe and effective vaccine, it has been possible to develop successful programs for the prevention and control of EVA ...

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Timoney, P. (2006) “Equine viral arteritis: international status and consequences for breeding populations”, AVEF - Conférence Annuelle - Versailles, 2006. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/avef/avef-conférence-annuelle-versailles-2006/equine-viral-arteritis-international-status (Accessed: 29 September 2023).

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  • Timoney P.J.

    Frederick Van Lennep Chair in Equine Veterinary Science and Director
    MVB MS PhD FRCVS
    Department of Veterinary Science, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky
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