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The Veterinary Record, Vol 124, Issue 19, 503-504
Copyright © 1989 by British Veterinary Association

Short Communications

Haematological changes in two thoroughbred horses in training with confirmed equine herpesvirus 1 infections

DK Mason, KL Watkins, and CM Luk

Equine Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.

An outbreak of respiratory disease among thoroughbred horses in training in Hong Kong was caused by equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) subtype 1 (abortion strain). Two of the horses affected by EHV-1 were serially blood sampled over a period of several weeks and their haematological values measured. There was an increase in monocyte count in the first few days which steadily decreased in one horse, but the other had a second monocyte peak after a period of exercise, thus demonstrating the importance of not working animals in the early stages of the disease.




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