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Bovine herpes virus: type 1
Synonym(s): Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis, Balanoposthitis, Abortion
Introduction
Classification
Taxonomy
- Order: herpesvirales.
- Family: herpesviridae.
- Subfamily: alphaherpesvirinae.
- Genus: varicellovirus.
- Species: bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1).
Distribution
- Worldwide.
Significance
- IBR is an OIE listed disease.
- Click here for further information about the clinical disease process, diagnosis, treatment etc: Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis: the disease
- IBR is caused by BoHV-1.
- BoHV-1 can also cause infectious pustular vulvovaginitis Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis.
- IBR is endemic in the UK and other regions of the world. However some countries are free (eg Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, as well as from the Federal State of Bavaria in Germany and the Province of Bolzano in Italy).
- Mortality is low but the disease is a barrier to the export of live cattle to regions where the disease has already been eradicated.
- Significant economic losses arise from abortions, reduced fertility, reduced milk production, secondary bacterial infections and death of animals.
- Infection with BHV predisposes cattle to fatal secondary bacterial pneumonia.
- Seropositivity is higher in male animals.
- Bulls are at more risk due to increased mixing with other cattle.
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Diagnosis
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed Papers
- Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
- Raaperi K, Orro T & Viltrop A (2014) Epidemiology and control of bovine herpesvirus 1 infection in Europe. Vet J 201 (3), 249-56 PubMed.
- Graham D A (2013) Bovine herpes virus-1 (BoHV-1) in cattle–a review with emphasis on reproductive impacts and the emergence of infection in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Ir Vet J 66 (1), 15 PubMed.
- Mahajan V, Banga H S, Deka D, Filia G & Gupta A (2013) Comparison of diagnostic tests for diagnosis of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in natural cases of bovine abortion. J Comp Pathol 149 (4), 391-401 VetMedResource.
- Nandi S, Kumar M, Manohar M & Chauhan R S (2009) Bovine herpes virus infections in cattle. Anim Health Res Rev 10 (1), 85-98 PubMed.
Organisation(s)
- CHeCS: www.checs.co.uk.
- OIE: www.oie.int.