Evidence of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) infection in Sindh Ibex (Capra aegagrus blythi) in Pakistan as confirmed by detection of antigen and antibody

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 745-747

  Abubakar, Muhammad ^a   Rajput, Zahid Iqbal ^a   Arshed, Muhammad Javed ^a   Sarwar, Ghulam ^b   Ali, Qurban ^a  

^a National Veterinary Laboratory   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Animal Husbandry ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Outbreak; Pakistan; Peste des petits ruminants; Sindh Ibex

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEASLES VIRUS; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PAKISTAN; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA AEGAGRUS BLYTHI; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA IBEX; MEASLES VIRUS; OVIS ARIES; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS;

EID: 79952193557     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9776-y     Document Type: Article

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