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Susceptibility of Moroccan sheep and goat breeds to peste des petits ruminants virus.
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica - 7 Sept 2017
Fakri Fatima Zohra, Elhajjam Asmaa, Bamouh Zahra, Jazouli Mohammed, Boumart Zineb, Tadlaoui Khalid, Fassi-Fihri Ouafaa, Elharrak Mehdi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral disease of small ruminants in Asia and Africa. In 2008, a PPR outbreak was reported for the first time in Morocco and a mass vaccination campaign allowed control of the disease. In this study, the susceptibility of four Moroccan local breeds of small ruminants to PPR virus was investigated by experimental infections. The objective was to...
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