We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Bovine herpes virus infections in cattle.
- Authors
Nandi, S.; Kumar, Manoj; Manohar, M.; Chauhan, R. S.
- Abstract
Bovine herpes virus 1 (BHV-1) is primarily associated with clinical syndromes such as rhinotracheitis, pustular vulvovaginitis and balanoposthitis, abortion, infertility, conjunctivitis and encephalitis in bovine species. The main sources of infection are the nasal exudates and the respiratory droplets, genital secretions, semen, fetal fluids and tissues. The BHV-1 virus can become latent following a primary infection with a field isolate or vaccination with an attenuated strain. The viral genomic DNA has been demonstrated in the sensory ganglia of the trigeminal nerve in infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) and in sacral spinal ganglia in pustular vulvovaginitis and balanoposthitis cases. BHV-1 infections can be diagnosed by detection of virus or virus components and antibody by serological tests or by detection of genomic DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), nucleic acid hybridization and sequencing. Inactivated vaccines and modified live virus vaccines are used for prevention of BHV-1 infections in cattle; subunit vaccines and marker vaccines are under investigation.
- Subjects
VIRUS diseases in cattle; HERPESVIRUS diseases in animals; ANIMAL vaccination; DNA; INFECTIOUS bovine rhinotracheitis; POLYMERASE chain reaction; VIRAL vaccines
- Publication
Animal Health Research Reviews, 2009, Vol 10, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1466-2523
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1466252309990028