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equine
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equine

Any member of the ungulate family Equidae, which includes the modern horses, zebras, and asses, all in the genus Equus, as well as more than 60 species known only from fossils. Equines descended from the dawn horse (see Eohippus). Wild horses, which once inhabited much of northern Eurasia, were smaller and had shorter legs than their domesticated descendants. See also Przewalski's horse.


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


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For example, a thoroughbred is a type of a horse, which is an equid, which is a mammal and so on.
Cells were fixed with acetone/methanol, and immunofluorescence staining was carried out by using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies against different species of Alphaherpesvirinae, including HHV-1 and -2, suid (SuHV-1), equid (EHV-1 to -4), bovine (BoHV-1), and nonhuman primate (CeHV- 1) viruses.
Tests for equine encephalomyelitides included virus isolation and serology for WEEV, EEEV, VEEV, Equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1), and West Nile virus (WNV).
 
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