Age-dependent prevalence of equid herpesvirus 5 infection |
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Authors: | Maria Luisa Marenzoni Giacomo Coppola Margherita Maranesi Fabrizio Passamonti Katia Cappelli Stefano Capomaccio Andrea Verini Supplizi Etienne Thiry Mauro Coletti |
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Institution: | 1.Sports Horse Research Centre, Department of Experimental Science and Applied Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,University of Perugia,Perugia,Italy;2.Virology and Viral Diseases, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,University of Liège,Liège,Belgium |
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Abstract: | Equid herpesvirus 5 (EHV-5) infection was detected in a farm in Italy by the use of a semi-nested polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) targeting glycoprotein B of EHV-5 on nasal swabs and blood samples of clinically healthy and randomly selected Lipizzaner
horses (n = 55). Twenty-five horses at the age of 4–17 years and 30 at an age of 1–3 years were sampled once. The association of the
infection with these age-groups and the gender of the horses was investigated. The apparent prevalence of EHV-5 infection
was significantly different between age-cohorts: it was higher in the younger group of horses with 73,3% and 80% positives
in nasal swabs and blood respectively, compared to 40% of nasal swabs and 20% of blood in the older horses. An age-dependence
therefore was observed: the young age is more frequently associated with EHV-5 infection. |
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