Epidemiology of African horsesickness: duration of viraemia in zebra (Equus burchelli).
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.
Barnard
B J
BJ
Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, South Africa.
Bengis
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Keet
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Dekker
E H
EH
D000355:African Horse Sickness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D000356:African Horse Sickness Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006736:Horses; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology