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Summer eczema in exported Icelandic horses: influence of environmental and genetic factors

Overview of attention for article published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, May 2006
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Title
Summer eczema in exported Icelandic horses: influence of environmental and genetic factors
Published in
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, May 2006
DOI 10.1186/1751-0147-48-3
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Sigríður Björnsdóttir, Jakobína Sigvaldadóttir, Hans Broström, Birgitte Langvad, Ágúst Sigurðsson

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, 114 (34.5%) 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 are not introduced to the antigens of the biting midges early in live, due to it's absence in Iceland, is likely to explain the high prevalence of the disease after export.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 2%
Unknown 43 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 16%
Student > Bachelor 7 16%
Other 3 7%
Researcher 2 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 5%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 17 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 9 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 5%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 18 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2020.
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#7,778,071
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#151
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#27,887
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