title: Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants-like disease in the Al-Ain region of the United Arab Emirates.
abstract: The author demonstrates that rinderpest prevailed among the cattle population in the Al-Ain region of the United Arab Emirates from 1987 to 1989. A total of twenty-four outbreaks of rinderpest were recorded during the study period. Similarly, evidence of the peste des petits ruminants (PPR) or a PPR-like disease was regularly encountered in small ruminants in a total of forty-one outbreaks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Banha, Zagazig University, Egypt.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moustafa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique / Q000662:veterinary; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006041:Goats; D015994:Incidence; D012301:Rinderpest / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012302:Rinderpest virus / Q000276:immunology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral