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A Enan K,M Taha K,S Intisar K,H Ali Y,M El Hussein A,M Elfahal A,O Hussien M,A Haj M

doi:10.5897/ijlp11.048

Abstract

A survey was conducted to investigate the prevalence of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and sheep pox (SP) as the most economically important viral diseases of small ruminants in Marawi province at Northern state, Sudan. A total of 254 sera samples (164 ovine and 90 caprine) were collected from various localities in Marawi province during May, 2008. All collected sera were examined for PPR antibodies using competitive enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (cELISA) and for SP antibodies using passive Haemagglutination test. 42 (25.6%) ovine and 17 (18.8%) caprine sera were positive for PPR antibodies while 51 (31%) ovine and 34 (37.7%) caprine sera were positive for sheep pox antibodies.   Keywords: PPR, Sheep pox, cELISA, PHA, Sudan.

Highlights

Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) disease is a severe fast spreading disease of mainly domestic small ruminants caused by PPR virus (PPRV) that belongs to Morbillivirus genus of Paramyxoviridae family
A total of 254 sera (164 ovine and 90 caprine) from different localities in Marawi province were screened for PPR and sheep pox antibodies
42 (25.6%) ovine sera and 17 (18.8%) caprine serum were positive for PPR antibodies

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Introduction

Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) disease is a severe fast spreading disease of mainly domestic small ruminants caused by PPR virus (PPRV) that belongs to Morbillivirus genus of Paramyxoviridae family. Goats are usually more severely affected than sheep (Roeder et al 1994; Diallo, 2000). The first outbreak of the disease in sheep and goats in Sudan was reported in three areas in South Gedarif (Eastern Sudan) in 1971 (El Hag Ali, 1973); it was firstly diagnosed as Rinderpest (RP) and later confirmed to be PPR (El Hag Ali and Taylor, 1984). The disease was reported in several outbreaks in goats in Central Sudan (Sinnar area) during 1971 to 1972 and in Mieliq (Gazira State) in 1972. PPR was reported in sheep in Western Sudan (Rasheed, 1992); in sheep and goats in Central Sudan (Hassan et al, 1994); in sheep and goats in Khartoum State (Zeidan, 1994; El Amin and Hassan, 1998). Severe cases in which animals show clinical signs in the field can be detected through clinical surveillance and the detection of antigen in clinical samples, while the diagnosis of PPRV infection in subclinically infected animals can be achieved by serological surveillance (Nussieba et al, 2009)

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