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. 2024 May-Jun;38(3):1290-1299.
doi: 10.1111/jvim.17047. Epub 2024 Mar 18.

Updated ACVIM consensus statement on equine herpesvirus-1

David P Lunn  1 , Brandy A Burgess  2 , David C Dorman  3 , Lutz S Goehring  4 , Peggy Gross  3 , Klaus Osterrieder  5 , Nicola Pusterla  6 , Gisela Soboll Hussey  7
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Updated ACVIM consensus statement on equine herpesvirus-1

David P Lunn et al. J Vet Intern Med. 2024 May-Jun.

Abstract

Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) is a highly prevalent and frequently pathogenic infection of equids. The most serious clinical consequences of infection are abortion and equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM). The previous consensus statement was published in 2009 and considered pathogenesis, strain variation, epidemiology, diagnostic testing, vaccination, outbreak prevention and control, and treatment. A recent survey of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine large animal diplomates identified the need for a revision to this original consensus statement. This updated consensus statement is underpinned by 4 systematic reviews that addressed key questions concerning vaccination, pharmaceutical treatment, pathogenesis, and diagnostic testing. Evidence for successful vaccination against, or effective treatment of EHV-1 infection was limited, and improvements in experimental design and reporting of results are needed in future studies of this important disease. This consensus statement also updates the topics considered previously in 2009.

Keywords: abortion; diagnosis; equine; equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy; herpesvirus‐1; rhinopneumonitis; therapy; vaccination; viremia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Authors declare no conflict of interest.

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