| Literature DB >> 18757217 |
Guillaume Fortier1, Stéphane Pronost, Fabien Miszczak, Christine Fortier, Albertine Léon, Eric Richard, Emmanuelle Van Erck, Etienne Thiry, Pierre Lekeux.
Abstract
During a case control study undertaken in 2006-2007, a screening and consensus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed to evaluate the potential role of equid herpesviruses (EHV) in several occurrences of respiratory disorders in 661 horses. Of 785 bronchoalveolar or tracheal lavage fluid samples submitted for analysis, 20 were positive for EHV-5 DNA by sequential analysis of the consensus PCR product. Nineteen of those samples were confirmed using a specific EHV-5 PCR. No particular changes in cytological profile could be associated with the detection of EHV-5 in contrast to suggestions in previous reports of natural or experimental respiratory viral infections in horses or ponies. This is the first description of EHV-5 isolation in equine respiratory fluids in Europe, but further investigations are needed to determine the potential pathogenic role of this gammaherpesvirus in the horse.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18757217 DOI： 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.07.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet J ISSN： 1090-0233 Impact factor: 2.688