Intradermal Challenge of Icelandic Horses in Norway and Iceland with Extracts of Culicoides spp.
A skin test survey was carried out in Icelandic horses in Norway and Iceland using extracts of Culicoides spp. as antigen. Eleven horses with recurrent seasonal dermatitis reacted with an immediate hypersensitivity response to intradermal challenge with antigen. All except one of thirty-three clinic...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8161629 2023-05-15T16:43:01+02:00 Intradermal Challenge of Icelandic Horses in Norway and Iceland with Extracts of Culicoides spp. Larsen, Hans Jorgen Bakke, Svein Halvard Mehl, Reidar 2021-01-23 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8161629/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3256230 https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548623 en eng BioMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8161629/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3256230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/BF03548623 © The Author(s) 1988 Acta Vet Scand Article Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548623 2021-06-13T00:26:36Z A skin test survey was carried out in Icelandic horses in Norway and Iceland using extracts of Culicoides spp. as antigen. Eleven horses with recurrent seasonal dermatitis reacted with an immediate hypersensitivity response to intradermal challenge with antigen. All except one of thirty-three clinically normal horses in Norway showed a negative response in skin tests. These findings indicate that Culicoides spp. may be the major cause of the disease in Norway. Only one of the 110 horses tested in Iceland showed any skin test reaction (weak), demonstrating that the horses were not sensitized to Culicoides allergen. The disease has never been reported in Iceland. Text Iceland PubMed Central (PMC) Norway Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 29 3-4 311 314 |
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A skin test survey was carried out in Icelandic horses in Norway and Iceland using extracts of Culicoides spp. as antigen. Eleven horses with recurrent seasonal dermatitis reacted with an immediate hypersensitivity response to intradermal challenge with antigen. All except one of thirty-three clinically normal horses in Norway showed a negative response in skin tests. These findings indicate that Culicoides spp. may be the major cause of the disease in Norway. Only one of the 110 horses tested in Iceland showed any skin test reaction (weak), demonstrating that the horses were not sensitized to Culicoides allergen. The disease has never been reported in Iceland. |
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Intradermal Challenge of Icelandic Horses in Norway and Iceland with Extracts of Culicoides spp. |
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Intradermal Challenge of Icelandic Horses in Norway and Iceland with Extracts of Culicoides spp. |
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Intradermal Challenge of Icelandic Horses in Norway and Iceland with Extracts of Culicoides spp. |
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Intradermal Challenge of Icelandic Horses in Norway and Iceland with Extracts of Culicoides spp. |
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Intradermal Challenge of Icelandic Horses in Norway and Iceland with Extracts of Culicoides spp. |
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intradermal challenge of icelandic horses in norway and iceland with extracts of culicoides spp. |
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