Issue · 2016
Vol. 3, Special Iss. 3, Pages 47-104
6 articles · pp. 47-104 · All issues →
Research ArticleEstimation of Economic Loss of PPR in Sheep and Goats in India: An Annual Incidence Based Analysis
Gurrappa Naidu Govindaraj, Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan, Habibur Rahman
Abstract | Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral disease in small ruminants causing huge loss to farmers. In this study, an attempt has been made to estimate the economic losses based on the annual incidence, morbidity, mortality levels…
1 Jul 2016
ReviewFactors Affecting PPRV in African Countries and their Countermeasures
Moustafa Kardjadj, Pam Dachung Luka
Abstract | Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes an economically important plague of sheep and goats that serves as a major constraint in the development of the small ruminant’s production within an infected area. The virus is endemic across muc…
1 Jul 2016- Review
Eradicating Peste des Petits Ruminants - The Challenges Ahead
Ashley C. Banyard, Satya Parida
Abstract | Peste des petits ruminants virus causes an economically important disease of small ruminants that causes extensive livestock losses across areas where it is endemic. Further the recent description of the disease in naïve populations of animals…
30 Jun 2016 - Review
Planning, Implementation of Peste des Petits Ruminants Control Programme and Strategies Adopted for Disease Control in India
Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan, Gurrappa Naidu Govindaraj, Habibur Rahman
Abstract | Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute, highly contagious, notifiable and economically important transboundary viral disease of sheep and goats. PPR is enzootic in India as more number of outbreaks have occurred in the past and now occurring r…
1 Jul 2016 
Short CommunicationPrevalence of PPR-virus Antibodies in Sheep, Goats and Camels in Hail, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Zein Mahmoud, Muaz Abdellatif, Luai Shazali
Abstract | The present study describes the prevalence of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus antibodies in sheep, goats and camels at Hail, Bagaa, Shenan and Ghazalah, Saudi Arabia. Serum samples (n=400), collected during 2012–2013 from sick and clini…
3 Jul 2016- Review
Comprehensive Review on Recent Developments in the Diagnostics and Vaccines against Peste des Petits Ruminants
Amitha Reena Gomes, Belamaranahally Muniveerappa Veeregowda, Sonnahallipura Munivenkatappa Byregowda, Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan
Abstract | Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a viral disease of goats and sheep caused by a morbillivirus of the family paramyxoviridae is a major threat to small ruminant farming. Global announcement of PPR eradication by 2030 has opened lot of research gaps…
5 Jul 2016