Abstract |
Peste des petits ruminants virus was suspected to be the cause of a disease outbreak in a zoological collection at Al Ain in the Arabian Gulf. Clinically the outbreak affected gazelles (Gazellinae), ibex and sheep (Caprinae) and gemsbok (Hippotraginae); subclinical involvement of Nilgai (Tragelaphinae) was suspected. A morbillivirus was isolated and using monoclonal antibodies and biological tests in cattle, sheep and goats the virus of peste des petits ruminants was identified.
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Authors | C W Furley, W P Taylor, T U Obi |
Journal | The Veterinary record
(Vet Rec)
Vol. 121
Issue 19
Pg. 443-7
(Nov 07 1987)
ISSN: 0042-4900 [Print] England |
PMID | 3424615
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Animals
- Animals, Zoo
- Antelopes
- Artiodactyla
- Goats
- Rinderpest
(epidemiology, pathology)
- Rinderpest virus
(isolation & purification)
- Sheep
- Sheep Diseases
(epidemiology, pathology)
- United Arab Emirates
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