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