Viral Diseases of Cattle

Robert F. Kahrs is the author of Viral Diseases of Cattle, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Preface vii

1 Viruses and Virology 1

2 Concepts for Studying Viral Infections 9

3 The Epidemiology of Bovine Viral Infections 17

4 Diagnosis and Investigative Techniques 25

5 Vaccines and Vaccination 39

6 Clinical Manifestations and Differential Diagnosis 51

7 Disinfectants and Disinfection 59

8 The Impact of Bovine Viral Diseases on International Trade 71

9 Adenoviruses 81

10 Bluetongue 89

11 Bovine Immunodeficiency-Like Virus (Bovine Lentivirus) 97

12 Bovine Leukemia Virus and Enzootic Bovine Leukosis 103

13 Bovine Viral Diarrhea 113

14 Coronaviruses 127

15 Enteroviruses 135

16 Fibropapillomatosis (Warts) and Papillomaviruses 141

17 Herpes Mammillitis and Pseudo Lumpy Skin Disease 151

18 Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitus and Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis 159

19 Malignant Catarrhal Fever 171

20 Papular Stomatitis 179

21 Parainfluenza Type-3 185

22 Parvoviruses 195

23 Poxvirus Infections of the Teats 201

24 Pseudorabies 209

25 Rabies 215

26 Respiratory Syncytial Virus 227

27 Rhinoviruses 235

28 Rotavirus Associated with Neonatal Diarrhea  239

29 Vesicular Stomatitis 247

30 Akabane and Bunyaviruses Causing Bovine Fetal Wastage 257

31 Ephemeral Fever 265

32 Foot-in-Mouth Disease 271

33 Lumpy Skin Disease 281

34 Rift Valley Fever 287

35 Rinderpest 293

36 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 301

Index 311