Antigenic comparisons between herpesviruses isolated from fallow deer in Alberta and the viruses of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, equine rhinopneumonitis and DN-599, a non-IBR bovine herpesvirus.

Antigenic comparison studies of three herpesviruses isolated from fallow deer (Dama dama) in Alberta and herpesviruses from some domestic species were carried out by the alpha serum-virus neutralization test. Complete cross neutralization was demonstrated among the deer herpesviruses and equine herpesvirus type 1.