Serological evidence of bovine herpesvirus 2 in northern New Zealand

Authors: Raynel PD, Horner GW
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 36, Issue 1, pp 44-45, Mar 1988
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Clinical pathology, Diagnostic procedures, Viral, Disease/defect, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: A survey was undertaken to determine if bovine herpesvirus 2 (BHV2) was present in dairy cattle in northern New Zealand and, if so, to give some idea of the likely prevalence rate. There are two clinical forms of BHV2 or herpes mammilitis virus. One is mammilitis and the other is a cutaneous disease (pseudolumpyskin). Teat lesions are common in New Zealand dairy cattle. Most are caused by pseudocowpox virus but lesions similar to those caused by BHV2 have been described clinically and it has been assumed this virus is also present in New Zealand. To date BHV2 has not been isolated in New Zealand although herpesvirus particles were seen in samples taken during an outbreak of mammilitis in a South Island dairy herd. Virus has been isolated from cases of mammilitis and cutaneous disease in Australia and is widespread throughout the world. Ten sera from each of 95 dairy cattle herds…

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