Environmental stressors may cause equine herpesvirus reactivation in captive Grévy’s zebras (Equus grevyi)

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...

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Main Authors: Peter A. Seeber, Benoît Quintard, Florian Sicks, Martin Dehnhard, Alex D. Greenwood, Mathias Franz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5422.pdf