Seroprevalencia del virus arteritis equima en población de equinos en riesgo del Perú

RODRÍGUEZ, TATIANA y RIVERA, Hermelinda. Seroprevalencia del virus arteritis equima en población de equinos en riesgo del Perú. Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú [en línea]. 1998, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 78-80. ISSN. 1682-3419.A serological study for detecting neutralizing antibodies against equine viral arteritis (EVA) in 360 equine serum samples from different location of Peru was conducted in 1996. The serum samples were taken from adult females and males of the equine breeds: thoroughbreds (n=110), standardbreds (n=200) and peruvian paso fino (n=50). The study was designed to detect equal or up to 3% of prevalence of equine viral arteritis by virus neutralization test using as antigen the modified virus of the Bucyrus strain. All sera were heat inactivated at 62ºC for 30 minutes previously to the test. There were no seroreactors to EVA, suggesting that the virus has less than 3% of prevalence or it was absent in the surveyed equine population