Caprine alphaherpesvirus 1

Caprine alphaherpesvirus 1 (CpHV-1) is a species of virus known to infect goats worldwide. It has been shown to produce systemic and respiratory symptoms in kids and to cause abortions in adult goats.^[1]

Varicellovirus caprinealpha1
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Duplodnaviria
Kingdom:	Heunggongvirae
Phylum:	Peploviricota
Class:	Herviviricetes
Order:	Herpesvirales
Family:	Orthoherpesviridae
Genus:	Varicellovirus
Species:	Varicellovirus caprinealpha1
Synonyms
Caprine alphaherpesvirus 1

The virus is in the genus Varicellovirus, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and order Herpesvirales.^[2][3]

It is less studied than some of the other ruminant viruses in the genus Varicellovirus including Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1), and research conflicts about its level of species specificity and its ability to cause bovine infection and illness.^[4][5][6]  Like many other members of its genus, CpHV-1 has been shown to replicate in the respiratory tract and to cause latent infections.^[1]  There is not currently a vaccine.^[7]