Standard sanitary protocol for embryo washing does not decontaminate equine embryos previously exposed to equine herpes virus-1
2006
Hebia, Imen | Duchamp, Guy | Destrumelle, Sandrine | Zientara, Stéphan | Vautherot, Jean-François | Fiéni, F. | Bruyas, Jean-François | UPSP 5301 ; École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS) | Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Virologie ; École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA) | Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique (UR IASP) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. "European and French sanitary regulations for the inter- and intra-European trade of equine embryos recommend that embryos be washed 10 times in accordance with the standardized procedure described by Seidel (1987). Detection of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) by PCR in an equine embryo immediately after recovery from a donor mare has been reported by Carvalho et al. (2000) and clearly indicates that natural infection of equine embryos with herpes virus can occur." [...]
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