horse

[Michael Poidinger]

In article <3c2k78$lc1 at nntp1.u.washington.edu> nyneve at u.washington.edu (deborah wisti-peterson) writes:
>From: nyneve at u.washington.edu (deborah wisti-peterson)
>Subject: Re: horse
>Date: 6 Dec 1994 21:14:16 GMT

>this is the result of hantavirus. it appears that several (12?) 
>australian race horses and their trainer (all from the same stable) 
>were infected with hantavirus and subsequently died from it. the 
>entire barn was heavily infested with rats. the original post may
>still be on your newsreader on rec.equestrian (it was posted a
>approximately a month ago).



Hmmm, not what I heard.  I am pretty sure it was a morbilli (parainfluenza) 
virus that got these horses and their trainer.

Mike


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