Browsing by Subject "African horse sickness"
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Assessment of reproducibility of a VP7 Blocking ELISA diagnostic test for African horse sickness
(Wiley, 2019)The laboratory diagnosis of African horse sickness (AHS) is important for: (a) demonstrating freedom from infection in a population, animals or products for trade (b) assessing the efficiency of eradication policies; (c) ... -
Detection of African horse sickness virus in Culicoides imicola using real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)
(2016)African horse sickness (AHS) is an infectious, non-contagious arthropod-borne disease of equids. The disease is caused by the African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the genus Orbivirus, of the Reoviridae family. ... -
Development of a toolkit for African horse sickness : identification of Culicoides vectors from Namibia and detection of African horse sickness virus
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)African horse sickness (AHS) is a non-contagious, viral, insect-borne disease of equids and this disease is caused by the African horse sickness virus (AHSV). The virus is part of the family Reoviridae of the genus Orbivirus. ... -
Diagnostic DIVA tests accompanying the Disabled Infectious Single Animal (DISA) vaccine platform for African horse sickness
(Elsevier, 2018)African Horse Sickness Virus (AHSV) (Orbivirus genus, Reoviridae family) causes high mortality in naïve domestic horses with enormous economic and socio-emotional impact. There are nine AHSV serotypes showing limited cross ... -
Immunogenicity of recombinant VP2 proteins of all nine serotypes of African horse sickness virus
(Elsevier, 2014)African horse sickness (AHS) is an equine disease with a mortality of up to 90% for susceptible horses.The causative agent AHS virus (AHSV) is transmitted by species of Culicoides. AHSV serogroup within thegenus Orbivirus ... -
Occurrence of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Khomas region of Namibia during the winter months
(Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, 2012)Although African horse sickness (AHS) is considered to be endemic in Namibia, limited data on its Culicoides midge vector (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are available. The principal study objective was to determine the presence, ...
