Kinetics of the Equid Herpesvirus 2 and 5 Infections among Mares and Foals from Three Polish National Studs

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dc.citation.issue4
dc.citation.volume14
dc.contributor.authorStasiak K
dc.contributor.authorDunowska M
dc.contributor.authorRola J
dc.contributor.editorPaillot R
dc.contributor.editorFreed EO
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-22T22:55:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:35:10Z
dc.date.available2022-03-29
dc.date.available2024-01-22T22:55:01Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:35:10Z
dc.date.issued2022-04
dc.description.abstractEquid herpesvirus 2 (EHV-2) and 5 (EHV-5) are two γ-herpesviruses that are commonly detected from horses worldwide, based on several cross-sectional molecular surveys. Comparatively few studies examined the dynamics of γ-herpesvirus infection over time in a group of horses. The aim of the current study was to investigate the dynamics of EHV-2/5 infections among mares and their foals at three Polish national studs with different breeds of horses: Arabians, Thoroughbreds and Polish Konik horses. Nasal swabs were collected from each of 38 mare-foal pairs monthly for a period of 6 to 8 months. Virus-specific quantitative PCR assays were used to determine the viral load of EHV-2 and EHV-5 in each sample. All 76 horses sampled were positive for EHV-2 or EHV-5 on at least one sampling occasion. The majority (73/76, 96%) were infected with both EHV-2 and EHV-5. In general, the mean load of viral DNA was higher in samples from foals than from mares, but similar for EHV-2 and EHV-5 at most sampling occasions. There was, however, a considerable variability in the viral DNA load between samples collected at different times from the same foal, as well as between samples from different foals. The latter was more apparent for EHV-2 than for EHV-5. All foals became infected with both viruses early in life, before weaning, and remained positive on all, or most, subsequent samplings. The virus shedding by mares was more intermittent, indicating the existence of age-related differences. Overall, the data presented extend our knowledge of EHV-2/5 epidemiology among mares and foals.
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dc.edition.editionApril 2022
dc.format.pagination713-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35458443
dc.identifier.citationStasiak K, Dunowska M, Rola J. (2022). Kinetics of the Equid Herpesvirus 2 and 5 Infections among Mares and Foals from Three Polish National Studs.. Viruses. 14. 4. (pp. 713-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/v14040713
dc.identifier.eissn1999-4915
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915
dc.identifier.number713
dc.identifier.piiv14040713
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70481
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/4/713
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dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectEHV-2
dc.subjectEHV-5
dc.subjectequid herpesvirus
dc.subjectfoals
dc.subjectmares
dc.subjectviral load
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectDNA, Viral
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHerpesviridae Infections
dc.subjectHerpesvirus 1, Equid
dc.subjectHerpesvirus 4, Equid
dc.subjectHorse Diseases
dc.subjectHorses
dc.subjectKinetics
dc.subjectPoland
dc.subjectRhadinovirus
dc.titleKinetics of the Equid Herpesvirus 2 and 5 Infections among Mares and Foals from Three Polish National Studs
dc.typeJournal article
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