Peste des Petits Ruminants virus: An emerging threat to goat farming in Pakistan

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL1., 2014, Pages 7-10

  Abubakar, M ^a   Munir, M ^b  

^a National Veterinary Laboratory   (Pakistan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic losses; Goat farming; Outbreaks; Pakistan; PPR virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMIC LOSSES; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GOAT FARMING; MEASLES VIRUS; OUTBREAKS; PAKISTAN; PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS; PPR VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ECONOMIC LOSSES; GOAT FARMING; OUTBREAKS; PAKISTAN; PPR VIRUS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PAKISTAN; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906238934     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12192     Document Type: Article

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