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==Bovine==
 
==Bovine==
===Bovine Parainfluenza - 3 (PI-3)===
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===[[Bovine Parainfluenza - 3 (PI-3)]]===
*Virulence varies with isolates
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*Cessation of [[Respiratory System General Introduction - Pathology#Mucociliary escalator|ciliary clearance]] and epithelial necrosis predisposes to secondary bacterial infections -> cough
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*May cause [[Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Parainfluenza- 3|rhinitis]] of cattle
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*With other agents causes [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Enzootic pneumonia of calves|calf pneumonia ]]
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**Together with managemental factors (overcrowding, poor ventilation, high humidity, deprivation of colostrum and stress caused by transport or mixing of stock)
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*'''Diagnosis'''
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**Diseased lung tissue from dead animals or centrifuged cells from lung lavage
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**Virus is too fragile for cell culture isolation (often inactivated intransport)
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**Antigen detection by ''' immunocytochemistry''' for intracytoplasmic viral inclusions containing labelled viral protein
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**Serology: 4-fold rise in ELISA antibody in paired serum samples from several animals
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*'''Control'''
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**Improve managemental factors
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**All-in, all-out systems
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**Some vaccination
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***Temperature sensitive mutant that replicates at 34<sup>o</sup>C but not at 37<sup>o</sup>C
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***Re-infection is common
      
===Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV)===
 
===Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV)===
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