Stručni rad
African Horse Sickness: the risk of the disease and possible consequences for horse breeding in Croatia
Vilim Starešina
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Vladimir Stevanović
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ljubo Barbić
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Matko Perharić
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Krešimir Martinković
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nenad Turk
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
African horse sickness (AHS) is a non-contagious vector-borne disease of horses, caused by a virus of the family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus. Horses, ponies and donkeys are the most susceptible to the disease, mules less so, while African donkeys and zebras are refractory to the development of a clinically manifested form of the disease. The most important carrier of the AHS virus is the female fly of the genus Culicoides. Climate change and globalization have triggered countless factors that significantly increase the risk of AHS in many parts of the world. There is extensive evidence that many AHS-free areas already have climatic conditions that allow AHS epizootics to occur, and the introduction of infected ungulates or Culicoides spp. mosquitoes could cause extensive and long-lasting epizootics.
Ključne riječi
African horse sickness; Culicoides spp.; risk
Hrčak ID:
295284
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.9.2022.
Posjeta: 356 *