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Coronavirus strain growing threat for horses in Israel - study
In the study, some 58.6% of horses in central Israel were found to be positive with ECoV, while 41 horses (12.3%) also were found to be with anti-ECoV antibodies.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF APRIL 29, 2021 21:13
The equine-version of the coronavirus (ECoV) is becoming a growing threat for horses in Israel, a new study by Israeli researchers has found, based on a sample of seroprevalence, the amount of pathogen in a population, as measured in blood serum.
In the study, which was published in the academic journal Animals, some 58.6% of horses in central Israel were found to be positive with ECoV, while 41 horses (12.3%) also were found to be with anti-ECoV antibodies.
he study comes as ECoV outbreaks in horses have been reported in the United States, European Union and Japan, in addition to sporadic cases in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia.
More significantly, equine coronavirus (ECoV) is a ?-coronavirus that is both pathogenic to humans as well as animals, with traits akin to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) in humans, which was believed to have originated from bats in China. Similar to other ?-coronaviruses, ECoV is also considered to have came from bats, which may have possibly descended from BCoV or a rat coronavirus..
Coronavirus strain growing threat for horses in Israel - study
In the study, some 58.6% of horses in central Israel were found to be positive with ECoV, while 41 horses (12.3%) also were found to be with anti-ECoV antibodies.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF APRIL 29, 2021 21:13
The equine-version of the coronavirus (ECoV) is becoming a growing threat for horses in Israel, a new study by Israeli researchers has found, based on a sample of seroprevalence, the amount of pathogen in a population, as measured in blood serum.
In the study, which was published in the academic journal Animals, some 58.6% of horses in central Israel were found to be positive with ECoV, while 41 horses (12.3%) also were found to be with anti-ECoV antibodies.
he study comes as ECoV outbreaks in horses have been reported in the United States, European Union and Japan, in addition to sporadic cases in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia.
More significantly, equine coronavirus (ECoV) is a ?-coronavirus that is both pathogenic to humans as well as animals, with traits akin to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) in humans, which was believed to have originated from bats in China. Similar to other ?-coronaviruses, ECoV is also considered to have came from bats, which may have possibly descended from BCoV or a rat coronavirus..
