title: A clinical case of dourine in an outbreak in Italy.
abstract: In May 2011, dourine was reported in Italy following the declaration of a positive result observed in a stallion undergoing routine testing for stud purposes. Clinical signs, anatomo-histopathological findings and laboratory results that resulted in the confirmation of diagnosis of dourine in a clinically affected mare, which was the likely source of infection in the stallion, are described.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Teramo, Italy. m.scacchia@izs.it
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scacchia
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cammà
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Francesco
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Provvido
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giunta
authors.forename: Mirella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luciani
authors.forename: Anna Maria Fausta
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pascucci
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Caporale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004313:Dourine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006736:Horses; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology