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==Introduction==

==Introduction==

Blue eye disease is caused by the virus '''''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEPV)''''', which is a negative sense single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus.  It is closely related to the Mumps virus and Simian virus 5 and is clssified under the family ''Paramyxoviridae''. The virus is 135-148nm by 257-360nm, has anbuoyant density in sucrose gradients of 1.21 g/mland is considered to be mainly spherical although polymorphic.  BEPV envelope is covered in surface projections and the envelope nucleocapsid expresses hemagglutinin-neuraminidase and fusion and matrix proteins.  The virus consists of six structural proteins  and is resistant to  actinomycin D and '''sensitive''' to '''chloroform, formalin''' and '''beta propiolactone'''.

Blue eye disease is caused by the virus '''''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEPV)''''', which is a negative sense single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus.  It is closely related to the ''Mumps virus'' and ''Simian virus 5'' and is clssified under the family '''''Paramyxoviridae'''''. The virus is 135-148nm by 257-360nm, has a bouyant density in sucrose gradients of 1.21 g/ml and is considered to be '''polymorphic''' (but mainly spherical).  BEPV envelope is covered in surface projections and the envelope nucleocapsid expresses hemagglutinin-neuraminidase and fusion and matrix proteins.  The virus consists of six structural proteins  and is resistant to  actinomycin D and '''sensitive''' to '''chloroform, formalin''' and '''beta propiolactone'''.

It causes '''nervous, reproductive''' and '''respiratory signs''' in its domestic host, the pig. The disease is not considered a zoonosis.

It causes '''nervous, reproductive''' and '''respiratory signs''' in its domestic host, the pig. The disease is not considered a zoonosis.

==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.  

The disease affects '''all age ranges of pigs''' and also causes '''reproductive disorder in the boar'''.  

The disease affects '''all age ranges of pigs''' and also causes '''reproductive disorder in the boar'''.