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Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (view source)
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*Management: all in/all out, screening AI semen
*Management: all in/all out, screening AI semen
*'''Vaccine''' available
*'''Vaccine''' available
===Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome===
*The syndrome is caused by a small enveloped RNA virus which belongs to the new [[Arteriviridae|Arteriviridae]] group
*Replicates in and destroys macrophages and endothelial cells causing vasculitis -> viraemia -> virus shedding (nasal secretions, faeces)
*Clinical signs: respiratory and reproductive failure, weaned pigs, tachypnoea, eyelid oedema, conjunctivitis
*Moderate to severe interstitial [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of pneumonia|pneumonia]] in the cranial lobe
*Superimposed bacterial infections are common
*Infectious disease in swine that emerged 10 years ago
*Today, PRRS is endemic in many if not all the pig-producing countries
[[Category:Arteriviridae]]
[[Category:Arteriviridae]]
[[Category:Pig]]
[[Category:Pig]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_Viruses]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_Viruses]]