Epidemiology of African horsesickness : duration of viraemia in zebra (Equus burchelli)

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Barnard, B.J.H.
Bengis, Roy G.
Keet, D.F.
Dekker, E.H.

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Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute

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The viraemic period of African horsesickness is significantly longer in experimentally infected zebra than in horses. The virus could be isolated 40 d post-infection from blood and 48 d post-infection from spleen. The introduction of zebra into African horsesickness-free countries should therefore be considered carefully, and preferably be restricted to serologically negative zebra.

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Veterinary medicine, AHSV

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Barnard, BJH, Bengis, R, Keet, D & Dekker, EH 1994, 'Epidemiology of African horsesickness : duration of viraemia in zebra (Equus burchelli)’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 391-393.