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• TITLE: Epidemiological Analysis of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Outbreaks in Pakistan

  AUTHORS: Aamer Bin Zahur, Aman Ullah, Hamid Irshad, Asma Latif, Riasat Wasee Ullah, Muhammad Jahangir, Muhammad Afzal, Shahid Ali Khan, Sarosh Majid Salaria

  KEYWORDS: PPR, Sheep, Goat, Cumulative Morbidity, Cumulative Mortality, Case Fatality

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, Vol.2 No.6, August 22, 2014

  ABSTRACT: The current study reports the outbreaks of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in the small ruminant population of Pakistan. The objectives were to understand the clinical picture of disease under field conditions, estimate the basic epidemiological parameters for the local population of small ruminants and to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of PPR during 2005 to 2007 in Pakistan. A total of 62 outbreaks were investigated among sheep and goat flocks in the five provinces of Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK). The PPR virus activity in these outbreaks was demonstrated by clinical picture and presence of PPR virus specific antibodies by employing cELISA. The combined estimates of mean cumulative morbidity and mortality for sheep and goats were estimated 65.37% and 26.51% respectively with a case fatality of 40.40%. The species specific mean cumulative morbidity, mortality and case fatality for goats were 68.80%, 29.45% and 42.75% respectively, while these estimates for sheep were 48.77%, 14.98% and of 26.16% respectively. These estimates for goats were significantly higher (P