Clinico-pathological Response of indigenous sheep & goats to a virulent gazelle Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV)

(Abdul Mohsen Abdullah Naeem, Abu Tayeb Zein, Abdul Salam Mahi, Fahd Hezbe, Fadel Hawsawi, Adel Ibrahim Afaleq)

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Abstract

Experimental studies were conducted in an indigenous Saudi sheep and goats using a virulent Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) virus isolate, which caused great losses in a number of species of gazelles, in 2002, in Saudi Arabia. Both experimentally infected sheep and goats succumbed to the disease. Although the clinico-pathological response was classical in experimental sheep and goats, still it was not as severe as it was seen in the natural outbreak in gazelles. Some interesting observations were recorded in the experimentally-infected sheep and goats. The possible communication of the disease between wild and domestic small ruminants in the country was discussed. Key words: PPR Virus, gazelles, experimental infection, sheep & goats.
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