Pesti Des Petits ruminants virus infection in animals

Abstract

PPR was first described in Cte d'Ivoire (Gargadennec L. & Lalanne A., 1942) and then after, it has been recognized in many of the sub-saharian countries that lie between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea The affected area extends north to Egypt and south to Kenya, in Eastern-Africa, and to Gabon, in Western-Africa. PPR has not been recognized in most of Northern and Southern-Africa. In 1998, serological survey in the United Republic of Tanzania did not detect any antibodies to PPR suggesting that infection has not extended that far to the south. PPR is present in nearly all Middle Eastern countries up to Turkey (Furley et al.. 1987;