Equine Infectious Anemia – A Review

Authors

  • Carolina Aparecida Maia
  • César Augusto Garcia
  • Daise Aparecida Rossi
  • Roberta Torres de Melo
  • Eliane Pereira Mendonça
  • Letícia Rispoli Coelho
  • Guilherme Paz Monteiro
  • Priscila Christen Nalevaiko

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Keywords:

Infectious Anemia, Equine, Virus

Abstract

The horses are essential tools for the extensive beef cattle raising, which is developed extensively in Brazil. Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), known worldwide as the fever-swamp, is considered one of the major diseases that affect equines. It is a infected disease caused to virus, transmitted through of the blood of infected animal, hematophagous insect sting or needle, milk, placenta (congenital transmition), sperm (animal copulation) and for imune serum. Anemia has no cure. Once the infected animal, it becomes permanent carrier, which can make or signs of illness (acute, chronic), constituting a source of infection for other horses. The aim of this paper is to show about anemia, its symptoms, causes and consequences.

Published

2015-09-11

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

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