Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) infection and vaccination with an inactivated EHV-1 vaccine

Authors: Fu ZF, Robinson AJ, Dickinson LG, Grimmett JB
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 34, Issue 1-2, pp 14-15, Jan 1986
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Animal remedies/veterinary medicines, Viral, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Immune system/immunology, Respiratory system, Vaccination
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: We have been investigating episodes of severe respiratory disease in foals during their first year of life in the Waikato district of New Zealand. Most foals are affected at six to ten weeks of age and again at weaning timec4) and the problem has been especially severe on one stud ten foals having died of respiratory disease there in the past four years. Preliminary investigations on this stud have indicated that equine herpesviruse type 1 (EHV-1) and type 2 (EHV-2) were frequently isolated and might be the initiators of the respiratory disease observed.  As part of an attempt to control this problem, an inactivated vaccine derived from EHV-1 abortifacient strain had been used since 1981. However, neither…

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