In this general article is presented background information on domestic animal viral diseases in Chile of cyclic presentation like equine influenza and equine rhinopneumonitis and of high seropreva­lence like infection bovine rhinotracheitis, bovine viral diarrhea/mucosal disease, bovine and ovine pa­rainfluenza type 3, porcine parvovirosis and ovine bluetongue. Emphasis is given in Chilean research carried out from 1960.This article continues the background information presented in a previous general article mainly refered to erradicated viral diseases from Chile like foot-and-mouth disease, hog cholera and equine infectious anemia, and viral diseases under control like rabies and bovine leukosis.