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PRO/AH/EDR> Peste des petits ruminants – Iran: (AL) wildlife
Peste des petits ruminants -- IranOvine rinderpest [see comment] 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 percent of an animal herd, and the disease kills anywhere from 30 to 70 percent of infected animals. The PPR virus does not infect humans.Unfortunately, the infectious disease casualties in Taleqan [county] amounted to 15, so far, Fardin Hakimi, chief Read more [...]
