Abstract
The bovine papillomavirus (BPV) infects the skin and mucosa of the affected animals, being the causal agent of bovine papillomatosis, a condition related to the emergence of benign lesions that may undergo malignant transformation in a process that is directly linked to the expression of viral oncoproteins. Particularly, BPVs types -1 and -2 cause bovine fibropapillomas, in addition to eq…