Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis

Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis
SpecialtyVeterinary medicine

Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic lung disease of horses. There is evidence that the disease is caused by infection with a gammaherpesvirus, equine herpesvirus 5. The disease affects usually adult horses reducing the ability to exercise as a result of the formation of nodular lesions in the lungs.[1]

  1. ^ Williams KJ (March 2014). "Gammaherpesviruses and pulmonary fibrosis: evidence from humans, horses, and rodents". Veterinary Pathology. 51 (2): 372–84. doi:10.1177/0300985814521838. PMID 24569614. S2CID 22704874.