Project facts
Project manager
Main applicant
SVA
Financier
Stiftelsen Albert Hjärrefonden
Start/end
2017 - 2017
Association between sequence types of equine herpes virus 5 (EHV-5) and equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis (EMPF)
Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis (EMPF) is a rare but severe disease in horses. Equine herpes virus 5 (EHV-5) is suspected to cause EMPF, but is also frequently found in healthy horses. In the present project, new DNA sequencing techniques will be used to identify which variants of EHV-5 are present in horses with and without EMPF. In this way, the possibility that certain variants of EHV-5 are more likely to cause EMPF in an infected horse will be investigated.