Objective The objective is to improve disease control throughout the EU by developing better diagnostic techniques for equine infectious diseases. Specific objectives are: - Establish a Community Standard by novel application of recently described molecular technology (phage epitope libraries) to design and implement rapid pathogen-specific diagnostics for equine diseases. - Use post-infection and post-vaccination horse sera to select phage bearing important peptide antigens for diagnostic tests (a novel approach). - Develop phage library to detect and discriminate between vaccination and infection induced serum antibodies in horses. - Apply diagnostic tests to discriminate between vaccination and infection with EHV-1 (abortigenic and parlytic type of equine herpesvirus) and EHV-4 (respiratory disease virus). - Apply diagnostic tests to discriminate between vaccination and infection with equine influenza virus (ETV). - Apply diagnostic tests to discriminate between vaccination and infecction withequine arteritis virus (EAV, causes respiratory disease, abortion, paralysis and establishes latent infections in stallions causing venereal spread of infection to breeding mares). Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesmedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusesinfluenzamedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses Programme(s) FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 232 - Animal health and well being Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Animal Health Trust EU contribution No data Address CB8 7DW Newmarket United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Greece EU contribution No data Address University Campus 54006 Thessaloniki See on map Total cost No data Centre National d'Études Vétérinaires et Alimentaires (CNEVA) France EU contribution No data Address 22 rue Pierre Curie 94701 Maisons-Alfort See on map Total cost No data Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Venezia Italy EU contribution No data Address Via G. Orus 2 35129 Padova See on map Total cost No data
