1. Serological survey of equine viral diseases in Mongolia
- Author
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Yasuo Miura, Hironobu Murakami, Keiko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sentsui, Yuji Tabata, Ochir Pagamjav, and Bazartseren Boldbaatar
- Subjects
viruses ,Immunology ,virus diseases ,Horse ,Japanese encephalitis ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiology ,Virology ,Virus ,Serology ,Equine infectious anemia ,medicine ,biology.protein ,Antibody ,Coronavirus ,Bovine coronavirus - Abstract
Three hundred sera were collected from horses in various parts of Mongolia in 2007 and seroepidemiological surveys for several equine viruses performed on them. Equid herpesvirus 1 and equine rhinitis A virus were prevalent, and equine arteritis virus and equid herpesvirus 3 were detected over a wide area though their rates of antibody-positivity were not high. Equine infectious anemia was distributed locally. The rates of horses antibody-positive for Japanese encephalitis virus and equine influenza virus were low, but these were detected. Bovine coronavirus antibodies were detected at a high rate, but it was not clear whether they were due to horse coronavirus.
- Published
- 2011