| equine influenza | <veterinary, virology> A highly contagious upper respiratory infection of horses and other equids caused by equine strains of influenza virus type A. It is characterised by fever and respiratory signs similar to but more severe than those of equine rhinopneumonitis; oedema of the lower trunk and limbs (epizootic cellulitis) may occur; the disease is frequently fatal when secondary bacterial pneumonia intervenes. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| equine leukoencephalomalacia | <veterinary> A mycotoxic disease of horses, mules, and donkeys associated with eating moldy corn containing the fungus Fusarium moniliforme; the causative toxin is fumonisin B1, which produces apathy, pharyngeal paralysis, blindness, staggering, and recumbency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine monocytic ehrlichiosis | <veterinary> A febrile disease of horses in North America caused by Ehrlichia risticii and characterised by anorexia, leukopenia, and occasional diarrhoea. Synonym: Potomac horse fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine nonthrombocytopenic purpura | <veterinary> An immune-mediated vasculitis of horses due to immune complex deposition, characteristically as a sequela of strangles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine rhinopneumonitis | <veterinary> A mild respiratory disease of horses, caused by equine herpesvirus 4, a member of the Herpesviridae, and characterised by fever, serous rhinitis, and leukopenia, sometimes resulting in abortion in mares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine rhinopneumonitis virus | <virology> A herpesvirus reported in the U.S. Europe, and South Africa, causing equine rhinopneumonitis and equine virus abortion. Synonym: equine abortion virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine rhinoviruses | <virology> An obsolete name for viruses that cause inapparent as well as mild to relatively severe upper respiratory tract disease in the United States and Europe; most prevalent in breeding stables, and associated with high morbidity but negligible mortality; all equine isolates are related serologically to the original isolate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine serum hepatitis | <veterinary> An acute hepatic disease of the horse, often associated with prior administration of biological products; neurologic signs and jaundice are usually prominent signs; aetiology is unknown. Synonym: Theiler's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine spinal ataxia | A disease of young horses characterised by progressive weakness and incoordination, most evident in the hind legs; it is associated with lesions in the cervical region of the spinal cord and is the result of compression of the spinal cord by malformed cervical vertebrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine syphilis | A disease of horses and donkeys caused by trypanosoma equiperdum. The disease occurs in africa, the americas, and asia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| equine typhoid | A highly contagious viral disease caused by equine arteritis virus, member of the family Togaviridae, and characterised by a high fever and respiratory and digestive tract signs; the essential lesions involve smaller arteries, with necrosis which may be followed by thrombosis, infarction, haemorrhages, and oedema; abortion is a common result. Synonym: epizootic cellulitis, equine typhoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine viral arteritis | A highly contagious viral disease caused by equine arteritis virus, member of the family Togaviridae, and characterised by a high fever and respiratory and digestive tract signs; the essential lesions involve smaller arteries, with necrosis which may be followed by thrombosis, infarction, haemorrhages, and oedema; abortion is a common result. Synonym: epizootic cellulitis, equine typhoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine virus abortion | A highly contagious abortion of mares, caused by equine rhinopneumonitis virus, a member of the family Herpesviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equinia | <medicine> Glanders. Origin: NL. See Equine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| equinoctial | 1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line. 2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun. 3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world. <astronomy> Equinoctial colure, the celestial equator; so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. See Equator. "Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. <astronomy>" (Milton) - Equinoctial points reckoned in any year from the instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal equinoctial point. Origin: L. Aequinoctials, fr. Aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. Equinoxial. See Equinox. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| EQ | a state of being essentially equal or equivalent |
| EQ | an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles |
| EQ | a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts |
| EQ | of or existing at or near the geographic equator |
| EQ | of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator |
| EQ | of or relating to or at an equator |
| EQ | any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator |
| EQ | a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea) |
| EQ | monetary unit in Equatorial Guinea |
| EQ | a personal attendant of the British royal family |
| EQ | an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles |