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*Also causes infectious vulvovaginitis/balanoposthitis and meningoencephalitis
*Also causes infectious vulvovaginitis/balanoposthitis and meningoencephalitis
===Inclusion body rhinitis (porcine cytomegalovirus)===
*in [[Nasal cavity - inflammatory#Infectious causes of rhinitis|rhinitis]] and sometimes in [[Bacterial infections#In Pigs|atrophic rhinitis]]
*Cytomegaloviruses
**Porcine cytomegalovirus
***Causes Inclusion body rhinitis
****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)
****Morbitity high, mortality low
****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.
==Alphaherpesviridae==
==Alphaherpesviridae==