Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Summer eczema in exported Icelandic horses: influence of environmental and genetic factors. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Open Access Summer eczema in exported Icelandic horses influence of environmental and genetic factors Sigríổur Bjornsdottir 1 Jakobina Sigvaldadóttir1 Hans Brostrom2 Birgitte Langvad3 and Ágúst Sigurổsson4 Address 1Icelandic Veterinary Services Dept Holar 551 Saudarkrokur Iceland 2Dept Clin Sci Sect Medicine and Surgery Box 7018 SLU SE-750 07 Uppsala Sweden 3Valbyvej 42 3200 Helsinge Danmark and 4The Icelandic Farmers Association Hagatorgi 1 Reykjavik Iceland Email Sigríổur Bjornsdottir - systa@ Jakobina Sigvaldadóttir - bina@ Hans Brostrom - Birgitte Langvad - birgittelangvad@ Ágúst Sigurổsson - agust@ Corresponding author Published 26 May 2006 Received II April 2006 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavian 2006 48 3 doi 1751-0147-48-3 Accepted 26 May 2006 This article is available from http content 48 I 3 2006 Bjornsdottir et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract A cross sectional study was designed to estimate the prevalence of summer eczema a chronic recurrent seasonal dermatitis in exported Icelandic horses and the influence of environmental and genetic factors on the development of the disease. Among 330 horses which had been exported to Germany Denmark and Sweden II4 were found to have clinical signs of summer eczema. The prevalence was highest 2 years after export and the exposure to the biting midges Culicoides spp. was found to be the main risk factor for developing the disease. Genetic influence on the sensitivity for the disease was not established. It was concluded that exported Icelandic horses are predisposed for summer dermatitis and the fact that they .
