Environmental stressors may cause equine herpesvirus reactivation in captive Grevy's zebras (Equus grevyi).

ABSTRACT: Equine Herpesviruses (EHV) are common and often latent pathogens of equids which can cause fatalities when transmitted to non-equids. Stress and elevated glucocorticoids have been associated with EHV reactivation in domestic horses, but little is known about the correlation between stress and viral reactivation in wild equids. We investigated the effect of an environmental stressor (social group restructuring following a translocation event) on EHV reactivation in captive Grévy's zebras (Equus grevyi). A mare was translocated by road transport from Zoo Mulhouse, France, to join a resident group of three mares in Tierpark Berlin, Germany. We used an indirect sampling method to assess the frequency of EHV shedding for 14 days immediately after the translocation event (termed the 'expe

SUBMITTER: Seeber PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6109370 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature