New Zealand caprine herpes virus: comparison with an Australian isolate and with bovine herpes virus type 1 by restriction endonuclease analysis

Authors: Horner GW, Collins DM, Tisdall DJ, Bentley CB
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 32, Issue 6, pp 99-100, Jun 1984
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Goat, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Joint/arthrology, Viral, Syndrome, Disease/defect, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: In 1981 an outbreak of vulvovaginitis in a Saanen goat herd was reported. The disease was characterised by erosions of the vulval and vaginal mucosa with erythema, oedema and a yellowish mucopurulent discharge. Recovery usually occurred within a week. A year later there was a recurrence of the disease in the same herd with milder lesions and a lower morbidity rate. In this case one of the teaser bucks also developed a balanoposthitis. A herpes virus was isolated from a number of animals during both outbreaks, and cross-neutralisation studies with a respiratory strain of bovine herpes virus type 1 (infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus) demonstrated sufficient differences to designate the virus to a separate species, caprine herpes virus type 1 (CHV-l). Infections with CHV-I have been recorded in goats in Australia, Switzerland, U.S.A. and Fiji. It was of interest to see if the New Zealand caprine herpes virus isolates could be distinguished from overseas isoiates and from herpes viruses isolated from the bovine genital tract…

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