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Eradicating Peste des Petits Ruminants (Sheep and Goat Plague)
2018Also available in:
This brochure serves as a tool designed to support FAO and OIE to market the effects of the Global Eradication Programme (GEP) for addressing Peste des petits ruminants - PPR (or sheep and goat plague) [PPR - GEP]. Identified in 1942, PPR is a fast spreading viral disease that affects and kills small ruminants, touching the lives of some 300 million of the world’s poorest rural families. The eradication of PPR by 2030 through globally-concerted support to national and regional actions will preserve the income of poor farmers, sustainably improving their resilience and fostering the economic empowerment of women. Through the diagnosis, strengthening of Veterinary Services’ capacities, and further engagement of communities, the initiative contributes to achieving the elimination of poverty (SDG1) and the end of hunger and malnutrition (SDG2). -
ArticlePeste des Petits Ruminants Virus Infection at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem, 2015–2019 2021
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No results found.Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a viral disease of goats and sheep that occurs in Africa, the Middle East and Asia with a severe impact on livelihoods and livestock trade. Many wild artiodactyls are susceptible to PPR virus (PPRV) infection, and some outbreaks have threatened endangered wild populations. The role of wild species in PPRV epidemiology is unclear, which is a knowledge gap for the Global Strategy for the Control and Eradication of PPR. These studies aimed to investigate PPRV infection in wild artiodactyls in the Greater Serengeti and Amboseli ecosystems of Kenya and Tanzania. Out of 132 animals purposively sampled in 2015–2016, 19.7% were PPRV seropositive by ID Screen PPR competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA; IDvet, France) from the following species: African buffalo, wildebeest, topi, kongoni, Grant’s gazelle, impala, Thomson’s gazelle, warthog and gerenuk, while waterbuck and lesser kudu were seronegative. In 2018–2019, a cross-sectional survey of randomly selected African buffalo and Grant’s gazelle herds was conducted. The weighted estimate of PPRV seroprevalence was 12.0% out of 191 African buffalo and 1.1% out of 139 Grant’s gazelles. All ocular and nasal swabs and faeces were negative by PPRV real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Investigations of a PPR-like disease in sheep and goats confirmed PPRV circulation in the area by rapid detection test and/or RT-qPCR. These results demonstrated serological evidence of PPRV infection in wild artiodactyl species at the wildlife–livestock interface in this ecosystem where PPRV is endemic in domestic small ruminants. Exposure to PPRV could be via spillover from infected small ruminants or from transmission between wild animals, while the relatively low seroprevalence suggests that sustained transmission is unlikely. Further studies of other major wild artiodactyls in this ecosystem are required, such as impala, Thomson’s gazelle and wildebeest. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetMaking History
Eradicating Peste des Petits Ruminants - PPR (or sheep and goat plague)
2018Also available in:
No results found.This brochure is part of a set of information tools that have been developed for the Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) 2017-2021 Global Eradication Programme (GEP), which has the mission of mobilizing USD 996 million for a five-year budget, securing favourable conditions for the control and eradication of the disease.
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