Publications by authors named "Benedicte Ferry"
Article Synopsis
- Quantitative data on equine mortality is limited but important for epidemiology, and European projects have begun to utilize rendering plant data for livestock surveillance.
- The French Ministry of Agriculture's Fallen Stock Data Interchange (FSDI) database holds potential data on equine mortality, yet it has not been thoroughly studied until now.
- While the FSDI database offers valuable insights into mortality trends from 2011 to 2014, it requires improvements, particularly in animal identification registration, to enhance its effectiveness for epidemiological research.
In the horse, the risk of excretion of two major equine pathogens (equine herpesvirus types 1 (EHV-1) and 4 (EHV-4)) in semen is unknown. The objective of our study was to assess the possible risks for the horizontal transmission of equine rhinopneumonitis herpesviruses via the semen and the effect of the viruses on stallion fertility. Samples of stallion semen (n=390) were gathered from several different sources.
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