The epidemiology of peste des petits ruminants in Pakistan

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 877-884

  Zahur, A B ^a   Irshad, H ^a   Hussain, M ^b   Ullah, A ^a   Jahangir, M ^a   Khan, M Qasim ^a   Farooq, M Sabir ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Caprines; Epidemiology; Goat; Ovines; Pakistan; Participatory disease surveillance; Peste des petits ruminants; Sheep; Small ruminant

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS;

EID: 61549126242     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.27.3.1848     Document Type: Article

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