Other Animal Disease — Spain
Testing of blood serum from 555 Purebred Spanish horses showed that nearly 1 in 5 had been exposed to equine arteritis virus.
The blood testing revealed a seroprevalence in 16.8 percent, based on testing for antibodies against the virus.
Equine viral arteritis is present in many European countries. In Spain, the last confirmed outbreak was reported in 1992.
The European researchers, writing in the Equine Veterinary Journal, said there were few seroprevalence studies in Spain relating
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