Insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) is an allergic dermatitis of the horse caused by bites of
insects of the genus Culicoides and is currently the best characterized allergic disease of …

Background Allergic skin diseases are common in horses worldwide. The most common
causes are insect bites and environmental allergens. Objectives To review the current …

Geographical maps indicating the value of the basic reproduction number, R0, can be used
to identify areas of higher risk for an outbreak after an introduction. We develop a …

Background Insect-bite hypersensitivity is the most common allergic dermatitis in horses.
Excoriated skin lesions are typical symptoms of this seasonal and refractory chronic disease …

Salivary gland proteins of Culicoides spp. have been suggested to be among the main
allergens inducing IgE-mediated insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH), an allergic dermatitis of …

Abstract Purpose of Review Treatment of equine insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) needs to
be improved. Allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT), the only curative treatment of allergy …

The objective of this study was to compare and analyze three common diagnostic methods
for summer eczema (SE) in horses, an allergic dermatitis caused by bites of Culicoides spp …

Since the initial characterization of IgE by Ishizaka et al.(1966), IgE was described in several
mammalian species. In horses, a single gene encoding the IgE heavy chain constant region …

Equine insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) is a seasonally recurrent, pruritic skin disorder
caused by an IgE-mediated reaction to salivary proteins of biting flies, predominantly of the …

Background Many common and relevant diseases affecting equine welfare have yet to be
tested regarding structural variants such as copy number variations (CNVs). CNVs make up …