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Also known as: '''''Blue-eye'''''—'''''BE'''''—'''''Blue eye syndrome'''''—'''''Porcine paramyxovirus blue eye disease'''''—'''''PPBED'''''.
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Also known as: '''''Blue-eye'''''—'''''BE'''''—'''''Blue eye syndrome'''''—'''''Porcine paramyxovirus blue eye disease'''''—'''''PPBED'''''—
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'''''Porcine Paramyxovirus'''''—'''''Porcine Rubulavirus'''''—'''''Blue eye paramyxovirus'''''—'''''BEP'''''—'''''BEPV'''''.
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|name              =''Scientific Classification''
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|kingdom            = Virus
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|phylum            =
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|super-class        =
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|class              =
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|sub-class          =
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|super-order        =
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|order              = Mononegavirales
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|sub-order          =
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|super-family      =
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|family            = Paramyxoviridae
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|sub-family        =
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|genus              = Rubulavirus
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|species            = Blue-eye paramyxovirus
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}}
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==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==
Blue eye disease is caused by the virus [[Blue-Eye Paramyxovirus|'''''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP)''''']]. It causes '''nervous, reproductive''' and '''respiratory signs''' in its domestic host, the pig. The disease is not considered a zoonosis.
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Blue eye disease is caused by the virus '''''Blue-eye paramyxovirus (BEP)''''', 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''. It causes '''nervous, reproductive''' and '''respiratory signs''' in its domestic host, the pig. The disease is not considered a zoonosis.
    
==Signalment==
 
==Signalment==
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