An outbreak of peste des petits ruminants in a zoological collection.
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.
Al Ain Zoo and Aquarium, Al Ain/Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D000866:Antelopes; D001188:Artiodactyla; D006041:Goats; D012301:Rinderpest / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012302:Rinderpest virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014479:United Arab Emirates