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***Neoplasia
 
====Viral infections====
 
====Viral infections====
****Herpesviruses
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Herpesviruses
*****Bovine herpesvirus -1
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*Bovine herpesvirus -1
******Causes Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR)
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**Causes Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR)
******Highly infectious URT disease of cattle  
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**Highly infectious URT disease of cattle  
******High morbidity, low mortality
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**High morbidity, low mortality
******Aerosol transmission - requires close contact between animals
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**Aerosol transmission - requires close contact between animals
******BHV-1 infects the respiratory mucosal epithelial cells (intranuclear inclusion eosinophilic inclusion bodies)from nasal mucosa down to bronchioles
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**BHV-1 infects the respiratory mucosal epithelial cells (intranuclear inclusion eosinophilic inclusion bodies)from nasal mucosa down to bronchioles
*******leading to neutrophilic inflammation of varying severity.... serous -> catarrhal -> purulent nasal discharge, sneezing, coughing.
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***leading to neutrophilic inflammation of varying severity.... serous -> catarrhal -> purulent nasal discharge, sneezing, coughing.
*******with secondary bacterial infection (eg: Pasturella spp., Mycoplasma spp., Fusobacterium necrophorum) can lead to fibrinous to necrotizing inflammation; mucosal sloughing, ulceration... pyrexia, dyspnoea ... inhalation pneumonia... death.
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***with secondary bacterial infection (eg: Pasturella spp., Mycoplasma spp., Fusobacterium necrophorum) can lead to fibrinous to necrotizing inflammation; mucosal sloughing, ulceration... pyrexia, dyspnoea ... inhalation pneumonia... death.
******Clinical signs include coughing, discharge, lacrimation, and increased respiratory rate.
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**Clinical signs include coughing, discharge, lacrimation, and increased respiratory rate.
******Clinical disease most severe in young calves - can develop mucosal ulcerative lesions in the oesophagus and forestomachs and viraemia with multiorgan infection.
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**Clinical disease most severe in young calves - can develop mucosal ulcerative lesions in the oesophagus and forestomachs and viraemia with multiorgan infection.
******Cause of abortion >5 months of gestation  
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**Cause of abortion >5 months of gestation  
*****Cytomegaloviruses  
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*Cytomegaloviruses  
******Porcine cytomegalovirus
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**Porcine cytomegalovirus
*******Causes Inclusion body rhinitis  
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***Causes Inclusion body rhinitis  
*******Disease of suckling piglets 1-5 wks of age
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****Disease of suckling piglets 1-5 wks of age
*******Clinical signs: those associated with acute/subacute rhinitis (ie: serous nasal discharge, progressing to catarrhal or purulent discharge with time and secondary bacterial infections; sneezing; pyrexia)
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****Clinical signs: those associated with acute/subacute rhinitis (ie: serous nasal discharge, progressing to catarrhal or purulent discharge with time and secondary bacterial infections; sneezing; pyrexia)
*******Morbitity high, mortality low
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****Morbitity high, mortality low
*******Histology: large basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies in the nasal and sinus respiratory epithelium with lymphocytic infiltration of the mucosa.
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****Histology: large basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies in the nasal and sinus respiratory epithelium with lymphocytic infiltration of the mucosa.
*******Can develop viraemic stage, with inclusions in other organs eg: renal tubular epithelium. Piglets can die during this phase.
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****Can develop viraemic stage, with inclusions in other organs eg: renal tubular epithelium. Piglets can die during this phase.
*****Equine herpesvirus - 1, 4
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*Equine herpesvirus - 1, 4
*****Feline herpesvirus -1
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*Feline herpesvirus -1
******One of the causes of Feline viral rhinotracheitis
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**One of the causes of Feline viral rhinotracheitis
******Viruses and bacteria are involved in the complex. The most frequent aetiologic agent is FHV-1, and less frequently feline calicivirus and/or ''Chlamydophia psittac''i (NB: previously called Chlamydia psittaci var felis)
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***Viruses and bacteria are involved in the complex. The most frequent aetiologic agent is FHV-1, and less frequently feline calicivirus and/or ''Chlamydophia psittac''i (NB: previously called Chlamydia psittaci var felis)
******All three agents infect URT respiratory epithelium, although FHV-1 has the highest affinity for this epithelium
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***All three agents infect URT respiratory epithelium, although FHV-1 has the highest affinity for this epithelium
******Feline calicivirus more frequently infects the oral mucosa -> ulcerative stomatitis
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***Feline calicivirus more frequently infects the oral mucosa -> ulcerative stomatitis
******C.psittaci more frequently infects the conjunctival epithelium -> chronic conjunctivitis
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***C.psittaci more frequently infects the conjunctival epithelium -> chronic conjunctivitis
******Infection of the respiratory epithelium by FHV-1 results in a typical neutrophilic rhinitis with intraepitheial intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies, with expected clinical signs
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***Infection of the respiratory epithelium by FHV-1 results in a typical neutrophilic rhinitis with intraepitheial intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies, with expected clinical signs
******Resolution of clinical signs usually occurs by 7-14 days.
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***Resolution of clinical signs usually occurs by 7-14 days.
******FHV-1 remains latent in the trigeminal ganglion, and can reactivate at times of stress. Can infect the cornea -> ulcerative keratitis.
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***FHV-1 remains latent in the trigeminal ganglion, and can reactivate at times of stress. Can infect the cornea -> ulcerative keratitis.
******Occasional mortality in kitten or immunocompromised animals usually associated with secondary bacterial infection.
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***Occasional mortality in kitten or immunocompromised animals usually associated with secondary bacterial infection.
***Bacterial infections  
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====Bacterial infections====
 
****Pasturella multocida
 
****Pasturella multocida
 
*****Atrophic rhinitis in pigs
 
*****Atrophic rhinitis in pigs
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