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An outbreak of Equid herpesvirus abortion in New South Wales
M Carrigan1, P Cosgrove, P Kirkland
1Agricultural Research and Veterinary Centre, New South Wales, Australia.
Abstract:
Thirty-three of the 44 mares on a Thoroughbred stud in New South Wales aborted or lost foals within one day of birth. Gross pathological and histological changes were in keeping with Equid herpesvirus I (EHV-1) abortion. In the six foals that underwent virological examination, EHV was isolated and typed as EHV-1 by restriction endonuclease analysis. EHV-1 abortion had not occurred previously on this stud and the source of the infection was not identified.
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