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Environmental stressors may cause equine herpesvirus reactivation in captive Grévy’s zebras (Equus grevyi)
22 Aug 2018
Abstract excerpt
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...
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