Abstract:Bovine alphaherpesvirus 5 (BoHV5) is responsible for triggering a typical neurological condition, which has a high mortality rate in cattle up to 8 years of age (Barros et al., 2006; Rissi et al., 2006). The most important characteristic of BoHV5 lies in its ability to establish latency in the trigeminal ganglion, allowing the virus to perpetuate itself in the animal organism for a lifetime, being reactivated in periods of decreased immunity (Perez et al., 2002).The main clinical signs associated with the inf… Show more
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