Bovine Herpesvirus 2 Infections

Bovine herpesvirus 2 (BHV2) (1) is established as the specific cause of two distinct diseases of cattle. These are pseudo-lumpy skin disease (PLSD) which is caused by Allerton or related strains of BHV2 (2) and Bovine herpes mammillitis (BHM) which is caused by BMV or related strains of BHV2 (3).