title: Prevalence of antibodies to peste des petits ruminants virus before and during outbreaks of the disease in Awash Fentale district, Afar, Ethiopia.
abstract: The present study was conducted to assess the seroprevalence of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in sheep and goats in Awash Fentale district, Afar, Ethiopia. Small ruminants in the district had poor herd immunity at the first visit and succumb to the disease then after. The seroprevalence during the time of an outbreak was much higher compared with the initial levels: 7.3% and 42.6% in sheep and goats, respectively. The higher seroprevalence figure in goats was suggestive of their relative susceptibility to PPR compared with sheep.
authors.affiliation: Wollo University, P.O. Box 1145, Dessie, Ethiopia. farisyesuf12@gmail.com
authors.forename: Faris
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delil
authors.forename: Yilkal
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asfaw
authors.forename: Berhe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gebreegziabher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006041:Goats; D029021:Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018107:Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral