Bovine herpes virus 1

Bovine herpes virus 1
Systematics
Classification : Viruses Area : Duplodnaviria Empire : Heunggongvirae Phylum : Peploviricota Class : Herviviricetes Order : Herpes viral Family : Herpesviridae Subfamily : Alphaherpesvirinae Genre : Varicellovirus Type : Bovine herpes virus 1
Taxonomic characteristics
Genome : dsDNA linear Baltimore : Group 1 Symmetry : icosahedral Cover : available
Scientific name
Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1
Short name
BoHV-1
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NCBI  Taxonomy: 10320 ICTV Taxon History: 201851440

The bovine herpesvirus 1 (en. Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1 , BoHV-1 ; in German usage mainly abbreviated as BHV1 ) is a herpes virus that causes a mostly acute, highly contagious viral disease in cattle and other cattle species . The respiratory form ( Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis , IBR), which occurs most frequently, manifests itself in the form of rhinitis and tracheitis in the upper respiratory tract. The genital form can cause vulvovaginitis ( infectious pustular vulvovaginitis , IPV) in the female animal and infectious balanoposthitis (IBP, inflammation of the glans ) in the male animal .

The disease is a notifiable animal disease in Germany .

Web links

• BHV1 - letter sickness with happy ending !!? (via WebArchiv as of December 1, 2009) and BHV1 (as of June 28, 2017), to the Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety
• OIE and National Reference Laboratory for Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 Infection (BHV-1) , at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health , via WebArchive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} ICTV: ICTV Taxonomy history: Human alphaherpesvirus 1 , EC 51, Berlin, Germany, July 2019; Email ratification March 2020 (MSL # 35)