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Betaherpesvirinae
Inclusion Body Rhinitis
Question | Answer |
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How many swine in a herd carry the virus? | up to 90% |
This virus is highly cell associated. How is it transmitted? | INHALATION. transplacental transmission in naive sows |
Where is the primary site of virus replication? | Nasal mucous glands and other cells of the URT |
Viremia causes the virus to localize where? | in MACROPHAGES, EPITHELIAL-TYPE CELLS, and ENDOTHELIAL CELLS |
Endothelial cell damage and necrosis accounts for what? | petechial hemorrhages and edema |
What is anemia attributed to? | bone marrow damage...widespread damage by virus causes death |
The disease is seen in [this] age group of pigs, but it is most severe in piglets of [this] age. | 2-10 weeks old. Less than 3 weeks of age. |
What are the clinical features? | sneezing, mucopurulent discharges can block nasal passages- hard to suckle and leads to rapid wt. loss and death. SMEDI. |
What signs do older pigs (greater than 4 months) show? | Subclinical |
What is distinct about the pathology of this virus? | BASOPHILIC INTRANUCLEAR inclusion bodies and CYTOMEGALY |
How can you control this virus? | Good management and abstention from introducing new stock during the mating period |