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PRO/AH> Peste des petits ruminants – Iran: (GI) deer, susp
Peste des petits ruminants -- IranAccording to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ovine rinderpest, commonly known as peste des petits ruminants (PPR) or sheep and goat plague, is a highly contagious animal disease affecting small ruminants. Once introduced, the virus can infect up to 90 per cent of an animal herd, and the disease kills anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of infected animals. The PPR virus does not infect humans.Following the spread of the infection in a forest Read more [...]
