Prevalence of antibodies to equine viruses in the Netherlands |
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| Authors: | GF de Boer ADME Osterhaus JT van Oirschot R Wemmenhove |
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| Institution: | 1. Virology Department , Central Veterinary Institute , Houtribweg 39, Lelystad, the Netherlands;2. Institute of Veterinary Virology , University of Utrecht , Yalelaan 1, Utrecht, the Netherlands;3. National Institute of Public Health , Bilthoven, the Netherlands;4. Institute of Veterinary Virology , University of Utrecht , Yalelaan 1, Utrecht, the Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Summary The prevalence of antibodies to various viruses was investigated in a series of serum samples collected from horses in the Netherlands between 1963 and 1966 and from 1972 onwards. Neutralizing antibodies to equine rhinopneumonitis virus, equine arteritis virus and to equine rhinovirus types 1 and 2 were detected in respectively 76%, 14%, 66% and 59% of the equine serum samples tested. The observed incidence of serum samples positive to equine adenovirus in the complement fixation test was 39%. Precipitating antibodies to equine infectious anaemia virus were detected only in serum samples from two horses imported from abroad. Haemagglutination inhibiting antibodies to Myxovirus influenzae A / equi‐1, M. Influenzae A / equi‐2, and Reovirus types 1, 2, and 3 were present in respectively 82%, 50%, 10%, 33% and 3.6% of the serum samples tested. The most frequently observed incidence of antibodies to the various equine respiratory viruses occurred in the groups of horses having repeatedly contact with other horses. |
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| Keywords: | Enzyme deficiencies Exertional rhabdomyolysis Glycogen branching enzyme deficiency Hereditary diseases Horse diseases Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis Mitochondrial myopathies Muscular diseases Myopathies Myotonia congenita Myotonic dystrophy Polysaccharide storage myopathy Review |
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