EFFECTS ON SEMEN QUALITY AND ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PERSISTENT EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS (EAV) INFECTION IN STALLIONS FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL CHALLENGE WITH THE KENTUCKY 84 (KY84) STRAIN
Equine arteritis virus (EAV) is the causal agent of equine viral arteritis (EVA), a disease of equids. Following EAV infection, up to 70% of stallions may become carriers and continuously shed the virus in their semen for varying time periods. The long-term carrier stallion has an important role in...
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UKnowledge
2012
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gluck_etds/6 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=gluck_etds |