Peste des petits ruminants has been widely present in southern India since, if not before, the late 1980s

Comparative immunogenicity of two peste des petitis ruminants (PPR) vaccines in South Indian sheep and goats under field conditions

“…These isolates were obtained from outbreaks in South (Arasur, Coimbatore) or North (Sungri, Jhansi, Revati) India, and from sheep (Arasur, Revati) or goats (Sungri, Coimbatore, Jhansi). An earlier study, which compared the three conventionally attenuated strains Arasur, Sungri and Coimbatore in captive North Indian sheep and goats showed that all afforded protection against challenge [34]. In the present study, we report the evaluation of the immune response of South Indian sheep and goats to Sungri and Arasur strains of PPRV under field conditions.…”

Global distribution of peste des petits ruminants virus and prospects for improved diagnosis and control

“…Virulence appears to vary from strain to strain, although there is only one serotype, and disease symptoms are often confused with, and exacerbated by, secondary infections making PPRV a difficult disease to characterize, diagnose and treat (Couacy-Hymann et al, 2005) with differential diagnosis including pasteurellosis, contagious ecthyma, contgious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP), bluetongue (BTV), heartwater, coccidosis, mineral poisoning and foot-andmouth disease. PPRV is sometimes referred to as a more serious disease of goats than sheep, however, reports detailing an increased susceptibility of sheep populations, goat populations and outbreaks affecting sheep and goat populations have been equally reported (Chauhan et al, 2009;Roeder et al, 1994;Singh et al, 2004;Taylor & Abegunde, 1979;Taylor et al, 2002;Wang et al, 2009). In fact in some outbreaks goats appear not to be affected, while sheep succumb with high rates of mortality and morbidity (Yesilbag et al, 2005).…”

Peste-Des-Petits-Ruminants: An Indian Perspective

“…PPRV was reported to induce apoptosis in vitro in goat PBMCs (Mondal et al, 2001). Although, presence of PPR-like disease has been suspected earlier in retrospective study (Taylor et al, 2002), its presence was confirmed in India in1987 from Arasur village of Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu (Shaila et al, 1989). Currently, PPR outbreaks are being reported regularly from different parts of the country (Chauhan et al, 2011;Kerur et al, 2008;Muthuchelvan et al, 2014;Nanda et al, 1996;Raghavendra et al, 2008;Singh et al, 2004a).…”