Project facts
Project manager
![Porträtt av Robert Söderlund](/media/qigl3x1z/robert_soderlund-27.jpg?center=0.24798745033205896,0.5&mode=crop&width=384&height=488&rnd=4387641)
Main applicant
SVA
Financier
Stiftelsen Albert Hjärrefonden
Start/end
2017 - 2017
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Association between sequence types of equine herpes virus 5 (EHV-5) and equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis (EMPF)
Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis (EMPF) is a rare but severe disease in horses. Equine herpes virus 5 (EHV-5) is suspected to cause EMPF, but is also frequently found in healthy horses. In the present project, new DNA sequencing techniques will be used to identify which variants of EHV-5 are present in horses with and without EMPF. In this way, the possibility that certain variants of EHV-5 are more likely to cause EMPF in an infected horse will be investigated.