Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis: An Indian Perspective

Abstract

The first report of disease caused by BoHV1 was made as a venereal disease in a bull and contact cows (Rychner, 1841) which was subsequently referred to as Blaschenausschlag in German literature. The viral aetiology of the disease was proved by Reisinger and Reimann (1928). The first published report on respiratory IBR came from Schroeder and Moys (1954) where they described an apparently new upper respiratory disease of dairy cattle that occurred in California in 1953. It appeared suddenly and was characterized by high fever and agalactia in addition to respiratory signs. The following year, Miller (1955) described a disease that was first seen in a Colorado feedlot in the fall of 1950 and which has been present in that state ever since. By 1954 it was occurring in dairy cattle and all ages of beef cattle both in feedlots and occasionally in cattle on pasture. The actual cause was undetermined at that time, but the disease could be transmitted with tissues and exudates from ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 4 Number 10 (2015) pp. 844-858 http://www.ijcmas.com