− | Also known as: '''''Blue-eye'''''—'''''BE'''''—'''''Blue eye syndrome'''''—'''''Porcine paramyxovirus blue eye disease'''''—'''''PPBED'''''. | + | Also known as: '''''Blue-eye'''''—'''''BE'''''—'''''Blue eye syndrome'''''—'''''Porcine paramyxovirus blue eye disease'''''—'''''PPBED'''''— |
− | Blue eye disease is caused by the virus [[Blue-Eye Paramyxovirus|'''''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP)''''']]. It causes '''nervous, reproductive''' and '''respiratory signs''' in its domestic host, the pig. The disease is not considered a zoonosis. | + | Blue eye disease is caused by the virus '''''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP)''''', which is a negative sense single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus. It is closely related to the Mumps virus and Simian virus 5 and is clssified under the family ''Paramyxoviridae''. It causes '''nervous, reproductive''' and '''respiratory signs''' in its domestic host, the pig. The disease is not considered a zoonosis. |