Equine infectious anemia
Anemia infecciosa equina
- Date
- 1904 · confidence medium
- Place
- Maisons-Alfort, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Henri Carré y Henri Vallée
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Henri Carré and Henri Vallée showed that equine infectious anemia is caused by a filterable, insect-borne agent, one of the first animal viruses ever identified.
What it led to
- Modern veterinary virology
- Study of lentiviruses
- The Coggins diagnostic test
- Sanitary control of horse herds