EQUINE COITAL EXANTHEMA: NEW INSIGHTS ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND LEADING PERSPECTIVES FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

Equine coital exanthema (ECE) is a highly contagious, venereally-transmitted mucocutaneous disease, characterized by the formation of papules, vesicles, pustules and ulcers on the external genital organs of mares and stallions, and caused by equid alphaherpesvirus 3 (EHV-3).The infection is endemic worldwide and the virus is transmitted mainly thro

This study proposes a cattle welfare evaluation method based on multi-modal data fusion, which integrates various data dimensions, such as cattle behavior characteristics, feeding management conditions, and environmental parameters, to achieve a systematic assessment of cattle welfare levels.The method establishes a quantitative scoring system base