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Peste des petits ruminants in wild ungulates

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Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a contagious viral disease of domestic small ruminants. It also affects wild ungulates but there are comparatively few studies of the incidence of natural infection, clinical signs and pathology, and confirmation of the virus, and in these species. In this article, we list the wild ungulates in which PPRV infection has been confirmed and summarize available information about the presentation of the disease, its identification, and impact of virus on wildlife populations. Considering recent reports of outbreaks by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), it is important to understand the transmission of this disease within wildlife populations in PPR endemic regions.

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Acknowledgements

All authors are highly indebted to Dr. Muhammad Munir (The Pirbright Institute, UK) for his sincere guidance and Dr. Mohammed Afzal for his permission to include the data on blackbuck.

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JJW is supported by the Swedish Research Council for PPR research (Grant Nos. SRC 348-2013-6402 and SRC 348-2014-4293).

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  1. Aziz-ul-Rahman and Jonas Johansson Wensman contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54600, Pakistan

    Aziz-ul-Rahman

  2. Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7054, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

    Jonas Johansson Wensman

  3. National Veterinary Laboratories, Park Road, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

    Muhammad Abubakar

  4. Quality Operation Laboratory, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54600, Pakistan

    Muhammad Zubair Shabbir

  5. Nairobi, Kenya

    Paul Rossiter

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AR, JJW, and MA initiated the idea and drafted the skeleton of the manuscript. MZS, JJW, and AR gave technical guidance and support. JJW, MZS, and PBR provided input, guidance, support, and editing of the manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript.

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This article belongs to the Topical Collection: The Gordon Scott Collection - articles on PPR and other infectious diseases of tropical livestock

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Aziz-ul-Rahman, Wensman, J.J., Abubakar, M. et al. Peste des petits ruminants in wild ungulates. Trop Anim Health Prod 50, 1815–1819 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-018-1623-6

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