Equine influenza

Clinical signs

Host species

Viral disease Notifiable OIE Category: Transboundary animal disease

Clinical Signs

Systemic

Pyrexia (Fever) Required Depression Anorexia

Respiratory

Nasal discharge Required Rhinitis Required Cough Pathognomonic Bronchopneumonia Respiratory distress Required Laryngeal stenosis Guttural pouch empyema Chronic pharyngitis

Reproductive

Abortion

Ophthalmic

Lacrimation Conjunctivitis Required

Musculoskeletal

Limb edema

Hemolymphatic

Submandibular lymphadenitis

Cardiovascular

Cardiomyopathy

Diagnosis

Virus isolation in embryonated chicken eggs

Hemagglutination test

Hemagglutination inhibition test

Complement fixation test

Fluorescent antibody test

ELISA

Serological paired serum testing

Treatment

Complete rest

Stress-free environment

Good ventilation and hygiene

Broad-spectrum antibiotics

Hyperimmune serum

Prevention & Control

Quarantine for at least 4 weeks

Isolation

Stable disinfection

Transport vehicle disinfection

Ventilation improvement

Dust control

Safe disposal of contaminated feed and litter

Bivalent killed vaccination

Related Products

No related products.

Classification

Etiology Viral disease

Notifiable Yes

Transmissibility Moderate

Infectiousness Highly infectious

OIE Category Transboundary animal disease

Occurrence Patterns

Endemic, Epidemic

Disease Courses

Acute

Host Species

Mule Primary host Susceptibility: High

Equine Primary host Susceptibility: High

Equine Reservoir Susceptibility: Moderate

Associated Microorganisms

Equine influenza virus Cause