Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus and its role in bovine abortion

Authors: Durham PJK
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 22, Issue 10, pp 175-180, Oct 1974
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Abortion/stillbirth, Reproduction, Viral, Syndrome, Respiratory system, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Reproduction - female
Article class: Review Article

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Abstract: Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis ( IBR) was first recognized as a clinical entity in the U.S.A. in 1950 (Miller, 1955) and by 1954 had reached a high incidence in dairy herds and feedlot cattle (Schroeder and Moys, 1954; McKercher et al 1954, 1956). Subsequently Madin et al (1956) isolated the causal virus from nasal scrapings of clinically affected cattle, and this isolate was later identified by Armstrong et al (1961) as being of the herpesvirus group. Infectious pustular (IPV) vulvovaginitis and infectious balanoposthitis have been recognized clinically in Europe since the mid-19th century (Rosner, 1968) and IPV was reported in the U.S.A. as early as 1927 (Jones and Little, 1927). A viral aetiology was suspected for many years, but the causative virus was not isolated until 1958 (Greig et al 1958; Kendrick et al 1958). Subsequently, the viruses causing the genital and respiratory syndromes were shown to be serologically closely related by Gillespie et al (1959), and by McKercher et al (1959). Currently the two syndromes are regarded as being caused by the same virus…

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