Subclinical infection and potential shedding routes of equine parvovirus-hepatitis among hospitalized horses in Austria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Equine parvovirus hepatitis (EqPV-H) can cause Theiler's disease and subclinical hepatitis in horses.

Objectives

Assess the frequency of subclinical EqPV-H infection in hospitalized horses and to study viral transmission by investigating potential shedding routes.

Animals

One hundred sixteen equids, that presented to the University Equine Hospital of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna between February 2021 and March 2022, for causes other than hepatopathy.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, samples (serum, feces, nasal, and buccal swabs) of hospitalized horses were collected. Sera were screened for the presence of anti-EqPV-H antibodies by a luciferase immunoprecipitation system assay. Quantitative PCR was used for the detection of EqPV

SUBMITTER: Lale D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256187 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature