MSU's Williams identifies new respiratory disease of horses
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Kurt Williams, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP, associate professor, will1273@msu.edu
Kurt Williams, associate professor in the Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation in MSU's College of Veterinary Medicine, identified a new respiratory disease of horses named equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis, so named because nodules of scar tissue form in the lungs. It is associated with a gammaherpesvirus, equine herpesvirus-5, not previously known to cause disease in horses. The serious and progressive disease often does not respond well to therapy; identifying the viral association may lead to treatment and prevention strategies.
More about Williams at http://pathobiology.msu.edu/people/williams.html