Evidence of Peste des petits Ruminants’ Virus in Dromedary Camels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 2014 and 2016

Joint Authors

Hemida, Maged Gomaa
Al-Ghadeer, Hussain Mohammed

Source

Veterinary Medicine International

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-11-12

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Zoology

Abstract EN

Infection with the Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is a highly devastating viral infection of small ruminants.

Dromedary camels live in close proximity of small ruminants in Arabian Peninsula (AP) and many other regions in the world.

Little is known about the reasons behind continuous PPRV emergence in Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Our objective was to test some dromedary camel population across the kingdom for the presence of specific PPRV antibodies.

Our results show detection of specific PPRV antibodies (2.92%) in sera of tested dromedary camels from the eastern and south regions of the KSA.

Our results suggest the exposure of dromedary camels to PPRV infection.

Thus, dromedary camels may play some important roles in the sustainability of PPRV in the small ruminants across the AP.

This is the first study examined the nationwide prevalence of the PPRV in dromedary camels in the KSA.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Hemida, Maged Gomaa& Al-Ghadeer, Hussain Mohammed. 2019. Evidence of Peste des petits Ruminants’ Virus in Dromedary Camels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 2014 and 2016. Veterinary Medicine International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1211949

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Hemida, Maged Gomaa& Al-Ghadeer, Hussain Mohammed. Evidence of Peste des petits Ruminants’ Virus in Dromedary Camels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 2014 and 2016. Veterinary Medicine International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1211949

American Medical Association (AMA)

Hemida, Maged Gomaa& Al-Ghadeer, Hussain Mohammed. Evidence of Peste des petits Ruminants’ Virus in Dromedary Camels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 2014 and 2016. Veterinary Medicine International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1211949

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1211949