Abstract
This chapter discusses the classification of the pseudorabies virus. The virus causes a variety of signs, but most often they are excessive salivation, fever, depression, tremors, and convulsions. Pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, and certain laboratory animals are the hosts to this disease. All the mammals except humans and the great apes are susceptible to the disease. Birds can be infected experimentally. Poikilotherms and insects have been found resistant to the disease. Reports of the disease have not been found for Australia, Canada, and many political units of Latin America and Africa. Agar gel immunodiffusion, fluorescent antibody, indirect immunofluorescent assay, virus neutralization, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, complement fixation, indirect haemagglutination assay, and radioimmunoassay are some of the diagnostic techniques for the pseudorabies virus. The chapter also discusses the key developments and historical movement of the virus.
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