Bovine Herpesviruses

Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION The interest in bovine herpesviruses stems from their considerable economic importance, rather than from their contribution to the biology or molecular biology of Herpesviridae. Only recently has there been progress in studies on the basic properties of their genomes, antigens, proteins and on the immune response against members of this group. Since previous reviews focused more or less on clinical aspects of herpesviruses from Bovidae (Kokles, 1967; Plowright, 1968; McKercher, 1973; Cilli and Castrucci, 1976; Gibbs and Rweyemamu, 1977a,b; Straub, 1978), this chapter will summarize the newer data on the molecular biology of the