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**Infection may persist with prolonged shedding and clinical relapses
 
**Infection may persist with prolonged shedding and clinical relapses
 
**Stress of parturition and lactation may cause shedding of organisms leading to transmission to offspring
 
**Stress of parturition and lactation may cause shedding of organisms leading to transmission to offspring
*Clinical signs@
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*Clinical signs:
 
**Incubation period 5 days
 
**Incubation period 5 days
 
**Conjunctival congestion, clear ocular discharge, blepharospasm
 
**Conjunctival congestion, clear ocular discharge, blepharospasm
 
**May have sneezing and nasal discharge
 
**May have sneezing and nasal discharge
 
**Resolves within a few weeks, or causes persistent infection
 
**Resolves within a few weeks, or causes persistent infection
*Diagnosis by antigen detection in ocular/nasal secretions - ELISA, PCR, Kosters, fluorescent antibody test
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*Diagnosis:
*Vaccine
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**Intracytoplasmic inclusions in stained conjunctival smears
 
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**Antigen detection in ocular/nasal secretions - ELISA, PCR, Kosters, fluorescent antibody test
 
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*Modified live vaccines reduce clinical signs but do not prevent infection or shedding
     
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