Equine influenza in Brazil

Authors

  • Patricia Filippsen Favaro Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, São Paulo
  • Leonardo José Richtzenhain Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.v53i2p117-126

Keywords:

Equine influenza virus, Equines, Brazil

Abstract

Equine influenza virus (EIV) (H3N8 and H7N7) is the causative agent of equine influenza, or equine flu. The H7N7 subtype has been considered to be extinct worldwide since 1980. Affected animals have respiratory symptoms that can be worsened by secondary bacterial respiratory infection, thereby leading to great economic losses in the horse-breeding industry. In Brazil, equine influenza outbreaks were first reported in 1963 and studies on hemagglutination antibodies against viral subtypes in Brazilian horses have been conducted since then. The objective of the present review was to present the history of the emergence of EIV around the world and in Brazil and the studies that have thus far been developed on EIV in Brazilian equines.

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Author Biography

  • Patricia Filippsen Favaro, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, São Paulo
    Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal

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Published

2016-06-01

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REVIEW ARTICLE

How to Cite

Equine influenza in Brazil. (2016). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 53(2), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.v53i2p117-126