INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Abstract

Infectious encephalomyelitis (IEM) of horses is an acute infectious disease. It is caused by a neurotropic filterable virus and is accompanied by a disruption of the activity of the nervous system, jaundice of the mucous membranes and with a distinctly expressed paresis of the gastro-intestinal tract. This illness is observed as an enzootic of sporadic cases and very seldom as an epizootic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0682584

Entities

People

  • V. M. Lekareva

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Diseases
  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Blood
  • Cells
  • Central Nervous System
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Hemorrhage
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Lagomorphs
  • Materials
  • Nervous System
  • Rodents
  • Sodium Compounds
  • Tissues

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).