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. 2018 Jun;29(2):173-179.
doi: 10.1007/s13337-018-0449-1. Epub 2018 Apr 6.

Cross-sectional sero-prevalence study of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in goats of Syangja and Kaski districts of Nepal

Narayan Acharya  1 , Shankar Prasad Poudel  2 , Krishna Prasad Acharya  3
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Cross-sectional sero-prevalence study of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in goats of Syangja and Kaski districts of Nepal

Narayan Acharya et al. Virusdisease. 2018 Jun.

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine sero-prevalence of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) among goat population of outbreak suspected areas; Kaski and Syangja districts of Nepal. A total of 460 goat serum samples were tested by using c-ELISA for the presence of antibodies against PPR. Out of the 460 samples tested, 380 samples were found positive, giving overall sero-positivity of 82.60%. Significantly higher sero-prevalence was found (*P < 0.05) in females (87.50%) compared to males (70.45%) and crossbreed goats were found highly susceptible than the pure breed goats (*P < 0.05). Likewise, higher sero-prevalence of PPR was observed in adults and cross breed goats compared to their counterparts and significantly higher sero-prevalence was observed in Syangja district compared to Kaski. Thus, adults, females and cross-breeds populations of goats are at higher risk of PPR whereas geographically, goat population of Syangja district were found significantly prone to PPR. Appropriate control measures, such as ring vaccination can be followed to prevent the potential outbreak situation.

Keywords: Goats; Nepal; Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR); Sero-prevalence.

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PPR sample collection sites
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PPR Outbreak districts of Nepal during Jan–Dec 2015. Source: DoAH [17]
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a Prevalence of PPR by sex, b age wise prevalence of PPR, c breed wise prevalence, d location wise prevalence of PPR
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