| ELEM | equine leukoencephalomalacia |
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| ER | efficiency ratio; epigastric region; ejection rate; electroresection; emergency room; endoplasmic re... |
| ERP | early receptor potential; effective refractory period; elodoisin-related peptide; endoscopic retrogr... |
| ERV | equine rhinopneumonitis virus; expiratory reserve volume |
| IEA | immediate early antigen; immunoelectroadsorption; immunoelectrophoretic analysis; infectious equine ... |
| equine gonadotropin | <veterinary> Formed by the equine placenta. Its activity in animals is similar to that of the follicle-stimulating hormone; relatively ineffective in human beings. Synonym: pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| equine gonadotropin unit | <veterinary> The specific gonadotropic activity of 0.25 mg of standard preparation of the gonadotropic principle of pregnant mares' serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine herpesvirus 3 | <virology> A virus causing equine coital exanthema in horses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine herpesvirus 4 | <virology> A virus causing equine rhinopneumonitis in horses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine infectious anaemia | <veterinary> virology> Viral disease of horses caused by the equine infectious anaemia virus (eiav; infectious anaemia virus, equine). It is characterised by intermittent fever, weakness, and anaemia. Chronic infection consists of acute episodes with remissions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| equine infectious anaemia virus | <virology> A retrovirus, of the Lentivirinae subfamily, and the cause of equine infectious anaemia. Synonym: swamp fever virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |