Immunoprophylaxis of respiratory tract diseases in horses - the current state of knowledge

摘要

Respiratory tract diseases are distributed in the horse population world-wide and used to be a significant clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic problem in studs, training stables and small farms. Respiratory tract infections occur in horses of all ages regardless of their type of utility. The main role in the aetiology of respiratory tract infections in horses is played by viruses, with the most important being influenza viruses (EIV) and herpesviruses (EHV1 and EHV4). Less important from the clinical and epidemiological point of view is the Equine Arteritis Virus (EAV). Besides viral diseases, bacterial respiratory tract infections, mainly strangles and rhodococcosis, are also an important problem in the horse breeding industry.