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Discussion on Research Study: EHV-2 and Disease in Horses
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Posted on Tuesday, Jul 31, 2007 - 7:25 am:
This interesting study found that horses excreting Equine Herpes Virus-2 are less likely to have respiratory disease than those excreting the virus.
Rev Argent Microbiol. 2006 Oct-Dec;38(4):216-8
Equine herpesvirus 2: A study on the relation between viral excretion and respiratory disease in thoroughbred horses
[Article in Spanish]
Craig MI, Barrandeguy ME, Fernandez FM.
Instituto de Virologia, Centro de Investigacion en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronomicas-INTA, CC25 (1712) Castelar, Pcia\. de Buenos Aires, Argentina\. bcraig@cicv.inta.gov.ar
Equine herpesvirus 2 (EHV-2) was isolated from healthy animals; therefore, the association between EHV-2 infection and respiratory disease raises the question of the role of this agent in this pathology\. To date, there are no reports that relate viral excretion to health, this study then analysed 153 nasal swabs from horses in different age groups (older and younger than 1 year old) and state of health (clinically healthy and with respiratory symptoms)\. Results showed that the percentage of horses with viral excretion was higher within the clinically healthy group, being significative (p <0.05)> 0.05) between age groups.
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