Isolation and identification of African horse sickness virus during an outbreak in Lagos, Nigeria.
An outbreak of African horse sickness involving two horse stables in Lagos, Nigeria, was investigated. Inoculation of blood from infected horses into suckling albino mice resulted in isolation of a virus which was identified as African horse sickness virus by the complement fixation test. The clinical, pathological and epizootiological findings (reported elsewhere) were consistent with African horse sickness. Potential threats of the epidemic to international horse trade are briefly highlighted.
Oladosu
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Olayeye
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Baba
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Omilabu
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D000355:African Horse Sickness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000356:African Horse Sickness Virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006736:Horses; D051379:Mice; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral