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| − | |q1=What causes Blue eye disease in pigs? | + | |q1=What causes ''Blue eye disease '' in pigs? |
| − | |a1= Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP | + | |a1= ''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP'' - a negative sense single stranded RNA(ssRNA) virus. |
| − | |l1=Blue Eye | + | |l1=Blue-Eye Paramyxovirus#Introduction |
| − | |q2= | + | |q2=In what systems are affected by ''Blue eye disease''? |
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*Reproductive systems | *Reproductive systems | ||
*Respiratory systems | *Respiratory systems | ||
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| − | | | + | |q3=What ages of pigs are affected by this disease? |
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| − | | | + | |q4=What clinical signs are generally associated with ''Blue eye disease '' in all ages of pigs? |
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| − | * | + | *General signs include anorexia, weight loss, reluctance to move, dehydration, periorbital and conjunctival swelling (chemosis) and purulent/serous ocular discharge and corneal opacity. |
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| − | + | *Neurological signs include tetraparesis, opisthotonus, dysmetria, proprioceptive disorders, tremors, nystagmus mydriasis, blindness, decreased or absent menace response and respiratory signs; tachypnea, dyspnea, and open mouthed breathing. | |
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| − | + | |q5=What clinical signs are associated with sows? | |
| − | + | |a5=In sows the disease causes infertility, reproductive failures, embryonic mortality and return to oestrus in the first third of gestation and stillbirths, small litters and mummification in late gestation. | |
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| − | *Neurological signs | + | |q6=What clinical signs are associated with piglets and weaners? |
| − | + | |a6= Piglet and weaners suffer from prostration, hind limb stiffness, generalised weakness, muscle fasciculation’s, retarded growth, depression, excitation, head pressing, circling, hyperaesthesia, abnormal behaviour/aggression and coma. | |
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| + | In piglets the disease also causes changes in hair coat (dull/rough), ocular erosions, enlarged distended bladder and constipation/reduction in faces or diarrhoea. | ||
| + | |l6=Blue Eye Disease#Clinical Signs | ||
| + | |q7=What clinical signs are associated with boars? | ||
| + | |a7=In the boar it causes male infertility, lack of libido, haemospermia, and orchitis with epidydimitis and swelling of the genitals. | ||
|l7=Blue Eye Disease#Clinical Signs | |l7=Blue Eye Disease#Clinical Signs | ||
| − | |q8=What | + | |q8=What is the epidemiology of''Blue eye disease''? |
| − | |a8= | + | |a8=The virus can be found in the axon of neurons from its original site of replication, which is thought to be the nasal mucosa and tonsils. It is also found in tissues such as lung, liver, spleen, kidney, lymph node, heart and testis; suggesting that the virus is spread hematogenously. |
| − | + | |l8=Blue Eye Disease#Epidemiology | |
| − | + | |q9=What is the distribution of ''Blue eye disease '' in pigs? | |
| − | + | |a9=The disease is economically important to Central Mexico and its states. | |
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| − | + | |q11=What causes ''Blue eye disease '' in pigs? | |
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| + | ==Further links== | ||
| + | [[Actinobacillus suis| Actinobacillus suis'']] | ||
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| + | [[Blue-Eye Paramyxovirus Flashcards| ''Blue-Eye Paramyxovirus'' Flashcards]] | ||
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| + | [[Blue-Eye Paramyxovirus| ''Blue-Eye Paramyxovirus'']] | ||
| − | [[Category:Pig Flashcards]] | + | [[Category: Pig Flashcards]] |
[[Category:CABI Flashcards]] | [[Category:CABI Flashcards]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category: To Do - Jaimie Meagor]] |
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Revision as of 08:19, 25 June 2011
| Question | Answer | Article | |
| What causes Blue eye disease in pigs? | Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP - a negative sense single stranded RNA(ssRNA) virus.
|
Link to Article | |
| In what systems are affected by Blue eye disease? | Systems:
|
Link to Article | |
| What ages of pigs are affected by this disease? | All:
|
Link to Article | |
| What clinical signs are generally associated with Blue eye disease in all ages of pigs? |
|
Link to Article | |
| What clinical signs are associated with sows? | In sows the disease causes infertility, reproductive failures, embryonic mortality and return to oestrus in the first third of gestation and stillbirths, small litters and mummification in late gestation.
|
Link to Article | |
| What clinical signs are associated with piglets and weaners? | Piglet and weaners suffer from prostration, hind limb stiffness, generalised weakness, muscle fasciculation’s, retarded growth, depression, excitation, head pressing, circling, hyperaesthesia, abnormal behaviour/aggression and coma.
In piglets the disease also causes changes in hair coat (dull/rough), ocular erosions, enlarged distended bladder and constipation/reduction in faces or diarrhoea. |
Link to Article | |
| What clinical signs are associated with boars? | In the boar it causes male infertility, lack of libido, haemospermia, and orchitis with epidydimitis and swelling of the genitals.
|
Link to Article | |
| What is the epidemiology ofBlue eye disease? | The virus can be found in the axon of neurons from its original site of replication, which is thought to be the nasal mucosa and tonsils. It is also found in tissues such as lung, liver, spleen, kidney, lymph node, heart and testis; suggesting that the virus is spread hematogenously.
|
Link to Article | |
| What is the distribution of Blue eye disease in pigs? | The disease is economically important to Central Mexico and its states.
|
Link to Article | |
| What causes Blue eye disease in pigs? | Link to Article | ||
| What causes Blue eye disease in pigs? | Link to Article | ||