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| Also known as: '''''Blue-eye''''' — '''''BE''''' — '''''Blue Eye Syndrome''''' — '''''Porcine Paramyxovirus Blue Eye Disease''''' — '''''PPBED''''' — | | Also known as: '''''Blue-eye''''' — '''''BE''''' — '''''Blue Eye Syndrome''''' — '''''Porcine Paramyxovirus Blue Eye Disease''''' — '''''PPBED''''' — |
| '''''Porcine Paramyxovirus''''' — '''''Porcine Rubulavirus''''' — '''''Blue Eye Paramyxovirus''''' — '''''BEP''''' — '''''BEPV''''' | | '''''Porcine Paramyxovirus''''' — '''''Porcine Rubulavirus''''' — '''''Blue Eye Paramyxovirus''''' — '''''BEP''''' — '''''BEPV''''' |
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| ==Signalment== | | ==Signalment== |
− | Domestic hosts include dogs, cats and pigs and wild hosts include rabbits, rats, ferral cats and dogs and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccary/ Peccary's]. The '''virus only shows clinical signs in pigs''' but antibodies can be detected in rabbits, rats, dogs and cats. | + | Domestic hosts include dogs, cats and pigs and wild hosts include rabbits, rats, ferral cats and dogs and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccary Peccary's]. The '''virus only shows clinical signs in pigs''' but antibodies can be detected in rabbits, rats, dogs and cats. |
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| + | The disease affects '''all age ranges of pigs''' and also causes '''reproductive disorder in the boar'''. |
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− | The disease affects '''all age ranges of pigs''' and also causes '''reproductive disorder in the boar'''.
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| ==Clinical Signs== | | ==Clinical Signs== |
| '''Generally''' pigs suffer from '''anorexia''', weight loss, '''reluctance to move''', dehydration, periorbital and conjunctival swelling (chemosis) and '''purulent/serous ocular discharge''' and '''corneal opacity'''. The virus also causes neurological signs including tetraparesis, opisthotonus, dysmetria, proprioceptive disorders, '''tremors''', nystagmus | | '''Generally''' pigs suffer from '''anorexia''', weight loss, '''reluctance to move''', dehydration, periorbital and conjunctival swelling (chemosis) and '''purulent/serous ocular discharge''' and '''corneal opacity'''. The virus also causes neurological signs including tetraparesis, opisthotonus, dysmetria, proprioceptive disorders, '''tremors''', nystagmus |
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| '''Piglets and Weaners:''' | | '''Piglets and Weaners:''' |
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− | 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 faeces or diarrhoea'''. | + | Piglet and weaners suffer from prostration, hind limb '''stiffness''', generalised weakness, muscle fasciculations, 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 faeces or diarrhoea'''. |
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| |date = 11 June 2011 | | |date = 11 June 2011 |
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| [[Category:Pig Viruses]] | | [[Category:Pig Viruses]] |
| [[Category:Paramyxoviridae]] | | [[Category:Paramyxoviridae]] |
| [[category:Neurological Diseases - Pig]][[Category:Respiratory Diseases - Pig]][[Category:Reproductive Diseases - Pig]] | | [[category:Neurological Diseases - Pig]][[Category:Respiratory Diseases - Pig]][[Category:Reproductive Diseases - Pig]] |
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