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Internet‐based survey of horse owners for mortality and morbidity related to equine influenza in the 2007 Australian epidemic
Author(s) -
Smyth GB,
Dagley K
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00776.x
Subject(s) - equine influenza , seroprevalence , horse , medicine , mortality rate , demography , veterinary medicine , environmental health , geography , vaccination , biology , virology , surgery , immunology , serology , paleontology , sociology , antibody
Anecdotally, some sections of the horse community were under the impression that there was a high mortality rate in horses in 2007 because of the EI epidemic. A survey of horse deaths in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales (NSW) in 2007 indicated that there were few infections and deaths attributable to equine influenza (EI) infections in foals, but other authors found a very high seroprevalence across all age classes. This study aimed to generate objective information on mortality and morbidity rates associated with EI in Australian horses during the 2007 epidemic.