Sequencing and Annotation of the Equine Transcriptome from Nervous and Splenic Tissue
Equus caballus transcriptome to determine genes and biomarkers involved with Equine Viral Encephalitis
Equine neurological tissue (cortex, cerebellum, midbrain, hindbrain, thalamus, cervical and lumber spinal cord) and spleen were obtained by necropsy from three groups of two horses each (total of 6 individuals) and consisted of 1) naive horses infected with 1 X 105 WNV, intrathecally 2) non naive horses vaccinated for protection against WNV (Prevenile, Intervet-Schering-Plough) and infected with 1 X 105 WNV , intrathecally and 3) horses that were not infected or vaccinated   Source DNA available from Dr. Maureen Long (LongM@vetmed.ufl.edu) and Dr. Melissa Bourgeois (BourgeoisM@vetmed.ufl.edu) at the University of Florida