Epidemiology & Public Health 2020: Study on the Prevalence of Pestedes Petits Ruminants in Camels of Thar Desert of Pakistan Using Elisa and Conventional Pcr Methods

Otitis Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) are contagious, acute disease of sheep and goat, resulting from a virus called morbillivirus that belongs to family Paramyxoviridae. In small ruminants, PPR is known to cause 100% mortality in severe epidemic cases. Transmission occurs through direct involving of secretions or excretions from infected animals to healthy animals in near proximity. Clinically, PPR is showing through means of sudden onset in depression, pyrexia, lacrimation, stomatitis, dyspnea, coughing, foul smelling, diarrhea and demise. After gone through literature it was found that little work has been carried out in Pakistan on PPR surveillance particularly on camels. The dirt of the Thar Desert stays dry for a great part of the year and is inclined to wind disintegration. In Pakistan, ecto-parasites are one of the significant wellbeing dangers in domesticated animals prompting gigantic monetary misfortunes, for example, brought down efficiency and mortality.

Author(s): Kanwar Kumar Mahi

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