| an outbreak of peste des petits ruminants in a zoological collection. | peste des petits ruminants virus was suspected to be the cause of a disease outbreak in a zoological collection at al ain in the arabian gulf. clinically the outbreak affected gazelles (gazellinae), ibex and sheep (caprinae) and gemsbok (hippotraginae); subclinical involvement of nilgai (tragelaphinae) was suspected. a morbillivirus was isolated and using monoclonal antibodies and biological tests in cattle, sheep and goats the virus of peste des petits ruminants was identified. | 1987 | 3424615 |
| vaccines against peste des petits ruminants virus. | peste des petits ruminants (ppr) is a highly contagious and economically important viral disease affecting goats, sheep and wild ruminants. the disease is currently circulating in asian and african countries, creating problems in small ruminant farming. current control of the disease mainly includes isolation and disinfection of the contaminated environment, and administration of a live-attenuated vaccine, which provides a strong immunity. maintenance of cold chain for vaccine efficacy has prove ... | 2010 | 20624051 |
| evaluation of risk factors for peste des petits ruminants virus in sheep and goats at the wildlife-livestock interface in punjab province, pakistan. | peste des petits ruminants virus (pprv) is causing infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality rate in domestic and wild small ruminants of pakistan with valuable economical losses. the present study was carried out to investigate risk factors of pprv in domestic small ruminants which were present in the vicinity of wildlife parks. a total of 265 sera samples (27 wild ruminants and 238 domesticated small ruminants) from apparently healthy animals from two different wildlife parks were c ... | 2016 | 27294134 |
| role of wild small ruminants in the epidemiology of peste des petits ruminants. | peste des petits ruminants virus (pprv) causes one of the most contagious and highly infectious respiratory diseases in sheep and goats known as peste des petits ruminants (ppr). reports of outbreaks of ppr in captive and wild small ruminants have extended the known spectrum of susceptible species to include antelopes. phylogenetic analysis of nucleoprotein and fusion genes indicates that all pprvs isolated from wild ungulate outbreaks belong to lineage iv. while it is clear that a number of wil ... | 2014 | 23305511 |