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===[[Bovine Parainfluenza - 3 (PI-3)]]===

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===Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV)===

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===[[Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV)]]===

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*'''Pathogenesis''':

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**More serious than [[Paramyxoviridae#Parainfluenza -3 (PI-3)|PI-3]]

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**Causes [Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Respiratory syncytial virus|respiratory infection]]

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**Replicates in nasal epithelium -> throughout upper respiratory tract -> bronchial tree

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**Syncytia form -> shed into bronchioles

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**Complications include [[Lungs Ventilation - Pathology#Emphysema|emphysema]] and [[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology#Pulmonary oedema|oedema]], drop in milk yield in adult cattle

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*'''Epidemiology''':

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**Subclinical reinfections are important in spreading disease

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**More than 70% of cattle in the UK have antibodies to BRSV

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*'''Diagnosis''' is same as for [[Paramyxoviridae#Parainfluenza -3 (PI-3)|PI-3]]

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*'''Control'''

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**Improve husbansry as in [[Paramyxoviridae#Parainfluenza -3 (PI-3)|PI-3]]

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**Vaccines are available but not effective as need to stimulate [[Lymphocytes - WikiBlood#Cytotoxic CD8+|cytotoxic T-cells]]

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*<small>'''Reference''': Bryson, 1999, Update on calf pneumonia, CPD Veterinary Medicine, 1,3, 90-95</small>

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