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equine

of, relating to, or belonging to the family Equidae, which comprises horses, zebras, and asses
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equine

[′ē‚kwīn]
(vertebrate zoology)
Resembling a horse.
Of or related to the Equidae.
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After major EIV outbreaks in 1989 related to outdated vaccine strains, the OIE Biological Standards Commission initiated the formal global Equine Influenza Surveillance Programme in 1995 (50).
Key words: Equine influenza; biosecurity; ordinal logistic regression; Cross sectional, Pakistan.
Table I.- Seroprevalence for equine influenza (EI) virus H3N8, H7N7 and mixed infections during the 2015-16 EI outbreak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Possibility in principle to use the DNA microarray for diagnosis and subtyping of various influenza viruses has been demonstrated by examples of seasonal A/H1N1 and A/H3N2 viruses, equine influenza A/H3N8 virus, and highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 virus.
Although, incidents of equine influenza virus (EIV) H3N8 transmission to dogs have been reported in Europe [21], there were no known cases of EIV transmission to dogs in the US until 2004 when a mutated strain of EIV was isolated from racing greyhounds [22, 23] and has been maintained in US dog populations ever since.
Equine influenza is one of the most common infections of the respiratory tract of horses and is endemic throughout much of the world.
The canine influenza virus, it turns out, is most closely related to the H3N8 virus--the equine influenza virus.
She was asked to certify a horse passport for equine influenza vaccinations in relation to "Aberhosan Bobby", a Welsh Cob belonging to Ms S Tronet.
Nainital, May 23 (ANI): Veterinary doctors in Nainital have launched a drive to create awareness about equine influenza (horse flu) among horse owners.
PUNE: In a panic-stricken situation after more than 1,500 racehorses in Pune fell sick wheezing and sneezing due to the suspected equine influenza or horse flu, forcing the Western Indian Turf Club (RWITC) to put off the racing season that was to begin on Nov.
Continuing to innovate, Merial looked to the challenge of equine influenza. Similar to the human disease, equine influenza is highly contagious with changing strains.
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