Clinical observations and management of a severe equine herpesvirus type 1 outbreak with abortion and encephalomyelitis

Table 2 Clinical and laboratory data in individual horses with EHM (n = 8) and/or abortion (n = 6)

Animal	Ox	Ja	Ro	Wo	Le	Wa	Cl	Du	Ho	Da	Pu
Age/Gender ^a	10/F	4/G	4/F	4/G	16/F	10/F	4/F	4/G	5/F	9/F	11/F
Vaccination	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
Day of Onset of Fever/EHM/Abortion ^b (EHM grade) ^c	-/-/1	-/9/- (2)	-/7/-(2)	-/7/-(2)	-/6/11 (4)	5/10/17 (4)	9/-/19	-/7/-(4)	13/-/23	13/18/28 (4)	20/28/-(5)
Fever Max/Duration ^d	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	39.2/2	39.4/3	38.9/3	39.1/4	39.8/4	39.4/8
PCR ^e D12	-/-/-	-/-/-	+/-/-	-/-/-	+/-/-	+/-/-	+/+/+	+/+/+	-/-/-	-/-/-	n.a.
SNT ^f D12/D28	384/192	64/48	32/64	32/128	128/128	48/96	16/128	128/192	48/128	96/128	n.a./96
Fetus Cell Culture/PCR ^g	+/+				+/+	-/+	-/+		+/+	+/+

^agender: (F = female; G = gelding).
^bgiven is the day of the outbreak.
^cEHM grade according to Reed and Andrews (2004).
^dHighest measured body temperature and duration of fever.
^ePCR results from nasal swabs, serum and PBMC, separated by the dash.
^fSNT values for the animals sampled on day 12 and 28 of the outbreak.
^gLaboratory results of the fetus samples of the abortion cases (cell culture and PCR).
Animals are titled with name abbreviations. Ox is the index case. (n.a. = not available).

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