An atypical clinical presentation for the first isolation of Canid herpesvirus 1 in Argentina

Abstract

Canid herpesvirus 1 (CaHV-1) is a Varicellovirus of the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and order Herpesvirales, with a host range restricted to domestic and wild canids (Remond et al., 1996). CaHV-1 was first recognized as the agent responsible for causing a highly fatal hemorrhagic viral disease in newborn puppies in 1965. Apart from being an important disease in newborn puppies, CaHV-1 also affects reproduction of dogs in other ways: the virus may cause vesicular lesions in the vestibulum and vagina of the bitch, as well as on the penis and the preputial mucosa of dogs and may cause embryonic resorption, abortion, and fetal death (Carmichael, 1970).