Viral diseases of farm animals, rather than being a diminishing problem across the world,
are now appearing with regularity in areas where they have never been seen before. Across …

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute, highly contagious, world organization for
animal health (OIE) notifiable and economically important transboundary viral disease of …

A one-step real-time Taqman® RT-PCR assay (RRT-PCR) for peste des petits ruminants
virus (PPRV) was developed to detect the four lineages of PPRV by targeting the …

Peste des petits ruminants virus causes a highly contagious disease, which poses
enormous economic losses in domestic animals and threatens the conservation of wild …

Worldwide, the livestock sector accounts for 40% of the agricultural gross domestic product
(GDP)(Steinfeld et al., 2006). Within Pakistan, the livestock sector plays a vital role in the …

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a commonly used method in analyzing
biomolecular interactions. As a rapid, specific, and easy-to-operate method, ELISA has been …

Since the mid 1990s the term transboundary animal disease (TAD) has become widely used
for a group of major infectious diseases of livestock with important economic impact. This …

OZ Tenuche a++*, BO Emikpe b#, E. Godwin c†, SI Enem c‡ and GO Egwu d^ a Department
of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Abuja, PMB 117, Abuja …

Identification of pathogens or antibody response to pathogens in human and animals
modulates the treatment strategies for naive population and subsequent infections …

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a severe viral disease of small ruminants caused by a
Morbillivirus closely related to rinderpest virus. It is widespread in Africa and Asia and is …