Difference between revisions of "Bovine Herpesvirus 1"

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 **[[Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR)|'''Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR)''']]
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 [[Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis]]
-Also known as IPV
-Caused by:[[Bovine Herpesvirus 1]]
-: venereal transfer
-====Pathogenesis====
-*Painful genital lesions
-*Impaired reproductive performance
-*Frequent micturition
-====Diagnosis====
-*Virus isolation and immunofluorescence
-====Control====
-*'''Vaccination''':
-**Two '''live attenuated''' vaccines are available in the UK, one is temperature-sensitive
-***Both given intranasally
-***Neither protect against re-infection when given during clinical outbreak, but can lessen the severity of the disease
-**'''Inactivated''' vaccines: intranasal/intramuscular administration
-***gE deletion makes this a '''marker vaccine'''
-***ELISA for gE deletion can enable culling of carrier animals
-*IPV has mostly been made obsolete by AI
 [[Category:Herpesviridae]]