title: Clinical signs of equine influenza in a closed population of horses at a 3-day event in southern Queensland, Australia.
abstract: This report describes the clinical signs of equine influenza (EI) during an epidemic in a closed, predominantly immunologically naïve population of horses. It included 254 study horses, few of which exhibited all three signs of pyrexia, nasal discharge and cough simultaneously. We conclude that although the majority of affected horses exhibit temperature patterns resembling those most often described in the published literature, clinicians should be aware that other profiles are quite common.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia. johanna.dups@uqconnect.edu.au
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Dups
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dwyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D053123:Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011793:Queensland; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral