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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | H-20-47-555 |
Kategori: | Research program | Horse |
Ansökningsår: | 2020 |
Huvudsökande: | Anne-Lie Blomström |
Organisation: | Swedish university of agricultural sciences |
E-postadress: | anne-lie.blomstrom@slu.se |
Telefon: | 018671999 |
Medsökande: | Miia Riihimäki |
Medsökande: | null null |
Viral infections of horses have significant impact on animal welfare and can lead to huge economic losses. One of the first early signs of a viral infection is the development of fever and to at this early step be able to identify the agent behind the infection would lead to rapid and correct treatment and also allow for the implementation of proper biosecurity measures to stop further spread. However, aetiology of fever and also some of the clinical features that may follow, e.g. neurological disorders, often remains undiagnosed. This study will use viral metagenomics to investigate the cause behind fever cases in Swedish horses as well as behind neurological disorders of horses from Sweden and from the other Nordic countries. The methodology allows us to identify all viruses present in an investigated clinical sample. Thus we hope that the knowledge gained from this project can help to further improve equine health and control the spread of these viral infections.
Virusinfektioner hos hästar har betydande inverkan på djurvälfärd och kan leda till stora ekonomiska förluster. Ett av de första tecknen på en virusinfektion är utvecklingen av feber och att i detta tidiga stadium kunna identifiera orsaken bakom infektionen skulle leda till snabb och korrekt behandling samt möjliggöra implementering av lämpliga biosäkerhetsåtgärder för att stoppa ytterligare spridning. Men feber och andra kliniska symptom på viral infektion, t.ex. neurologiska störningar, förblir ofta odiagnostiserade. Därför kommer vi i denna studie använda metagenomik för att undersöka den virala orsaken bakom feberfall hos svenska hästar samt bakom neurologiska störningar hos hästar från Sverige och från de andra nordiska länderna. Denna metod gör det möjligt för oss att identifiera alla virus som finns i ett kliniskt prov. Därmed hoppas vi att kunskapen från detta projekt kommer bidra till att förbättra hästhälsan och kontrollera spridningen av dessa virusinfektioner.
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