equine coital exanthema

equine coital exanthema: equine coital exanthema n a highly contagious disease of horses that is transmitted chiefly by copulation, is marked by the formation of vesicles and pustules on the mucous membranes of the genital tract, and is caused by a herpesvirus (species Equid herpesvirus 3) tentatively assigned to the genus Varicellovirus called also coital exanthema

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a benign venereal disease of horses, caused by a herpesvirus, characterized by vesicles and ulcers on the external genitalia, and occasionally on the lips, nares, and conjunctiva, that heal within a few weeks.

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