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Novel Streptococcus equi strains causing strangles outbreaks in Arabian horses in Egypt.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Nov 2020
Tartor Yasmine H, El-Naenaeey El-Sayed Y, Gharieb Nesreen M, Ali Wessam S, Ammar Ahmed M
Abstract excerpt
Strangles displays a major challenge to veterinary medicine worldwide. However, no data on Streptococcus equi subsp. equi (S. equi) M protein alleles have been reported so far from Arabian horses. We report here for the first time the S. equi SeM alleles causing strangles in Arabian horses, and the associated risk factors for the disease. Duplicate samples from one hundred Arabian horses with acute strangles in...
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