Evidence of Peste des Petits Ruminants in Serology of Sheep and Goats from Sindh, Pakistan

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-156

  Abubakar, M ^a   Javed Arshed, M ^a   Hussain, M ^b   Ali, Q ^a  

^a National Veterinary Laboratory   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Peste des petits ruminants outbreaks; Sero prevalence; Sheep and goats; Sindh province

Indexed keywords

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

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAKISTAN; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PAKISTAN; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 79952467797     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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