Horse Pox and Coital Exanthema

Craig, J. F.; Kehoe, David M.

doi:10.1016/s0368-1742(21)80014-4

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“…The isolation of an antigenically distinct herpes virus from a stallion and two mares in June 1970 has confirmed the earlier clinical reports of equine coital exanthema in the United Kingdom. (Craig and Kehoe 1921;Day 1957). ECE virus was isolated in 1968 from an outbreak of coital exanthema in Southern England arid in 1970 a similar but antigenically distinct herpes virus was isolated from a similar condition in donkeys (Burrows, R. 1971 personal communication).…”

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“…The onset of rhinitis in the stallion and one of the mares on Stud A, approximately three weeks after the $ Terramycin. Pfizer Ltd., Sandwich, Kent. onset of equine coital exanthema is interesting, even though no virus could be isolated from the nasal discharge, for Craig and Kehoe (1921) reported the development of a cough and pustular lesions of the mouth in a stallion that was recovering from coital exanthema, and more recently Krogsrud and Onstad (1971) noticed ulceration around the mouth and nastrils of a mare with ECE.…”

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Equine Coital Exanthema in the United Kingdom

Gibbs

Roberts

Morris³

1972

Equine Veterinary Journal

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SUMMARY Six outbreaks of equine coital exanthema in studs in South Wales and the West of England are described. A herpes virus was isolated in tissue culture from two mares and a stallion on one stud. The virus was found to be serologically related to other ECE virus isolates. The disease was reproduced in a filly using the isolate and virus was reisolated from the lesions five days after infection. The clinical histories of the horses affected on the affected studs suggested that following infection some become carriers of the virus and that it is in this manner that the virus survives between breeding seasons. It is suggested that sometimes flies may transmit infection and that ECE virus may cause a respiratory infection in horses. RÉSUMÉ On décrit l'apparition de six foyers d'exanthème coital équin dans des Haras du Sud du Pays de Galles et de l'Ouest de l'Angleterre. Un herpès virus fut isolé sur culture tissulaire à partir de deux juments et d'un étalon, dans l'un de ces haras. Le virus fut identifié par sérologie comme proche d'autres virus E.C.E. isolés précédemment. La maladie fut expérimentalement reproduite sur une pouliche à l'aide du virus isolé. Et des lésions expérimentales ainsi induites on put isoler de nouveau le virus initial 5 jours après inoculation. Les commémoratifs cliniques recueillis dans les haras frappés de la maladie laissent à penser qu'après infection quelques chevaux deviennent porteurs de virus. De cette façon l'agent survivrait d'une saison de monte à l'autre. D'autre part le role propagateur des mouches n'est pas exclu. Enfin ce virus E.C.E. pourrait provoquer une infection respiratoire chez le Cheval. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Sechs Ausbrüche von equinem coitalem Exanthem in Gestüten von Süd‐Wales und des Westens Englands werden beschrieben. Ein Herpesvirus konnte aus Gewebekultur von zwei Stuten und einem Hengsten des gleichen Gestüts isoliert werden. Das Virus erwies sich serologisch als verwandt mit anderen ECE‐Isolaten. Die Krankheit konnte mit dem Isolat bei einem Stutfohlen reproduziert werden und das Virus liess sich aus den betreffenden Läsionen fünf Tage nach der Infektion reisolieren. Die Krankengeschichten liessen vermuten, dass einige Pferde nach dem Uberstehen der Infektion zu Virusträgern werden und dass das Virus auf diese Weise die Zeit zwischen den Deckperioden überlebt. Es wird auch vermutet, dass Fliegen die Infektion übertragen können und dass das ECE‐Virus eine Respirationskrankheit verursachen könne.

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Equine Coital Exanthema in the United Kingdom

Gibbs

Roberts

Morris³

1972

Equine Veterinary Journal

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“…The disease, firstly described in Ireland in the early 1900s [ 3 ], was then concurrently isolated during the 1960s in the United States, Canada and Australia [ 4 , 5 , 6 ]. Since then, ECE, known also as genital horse pox, eruptive venereal disease, equine venereal vulvitis or balanitis, or coital vesicular exanthema, has been reported almost worldwide [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ].…”

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Equine Coital Exanthema: New Insights on the Knowledge and Leading Perspectives for Treatment and Prevention

2021

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Equine coital exanthema (ECE) is a highly contagious, venereally-transmitted mucocutaneous disease, characterized by the formation of papules, vesicles, pustules and ulcers on the external genital organs of mares and stallions, and caused by equid alphaherpesvirus 3 (EHV-3). The infection is endemic worldwide and the virus is transmitted mainly through direct contact during sexual intercourse and by contaminated instruments during reproductive maneuvers in breeding facilities. The disease does not result in systemic illness, infertility or abortion, yet it does have a negative impact on the equine industry as it forces the temporary withdrawal of affected animals with the consequent disruption of mating activities in breeding facilities. The purpose of this review is to provide up-to-date relevant information on the knowledge of EHV-3 infection and to analyze new approaches on diagnostics, treatment and prevention in the interest of minimizing the negative consequences of ECE in light of the current situation of the equine industry.

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“…The infection was first clinically recognised in Ireland (6,7). Several studies indicated that the infection is widespread in embryo transfer and in horse breeding centres around the world where the prevalence varies from 6%-58% (2,(8)(9)(10), although there have been limited reports on the prevalence of EHV-3 in working horses (1,11).…”

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