Bovine herpesvirus 1

Bovine herpesvirus 1 ( BoHV -1, in the German language abbreviated especially as BHV1 ) is a herpes virus which causes a mostly acute running, highly contagious viral disease of cattle and other cattle -like. The respiratory form ( infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, IBR), which occurs most often manifests itself in the form of rhinitis and tracheitis in the upper respiratory tract. The genital form, the female animal a vaginitis ( infectious pustular vulvovaginitis, IPV) and the male animal Infectious balanoposthitis (IBP, an acorn inflammation) cause.

The disease is a notifiable disease in Germany.