Study on analysis of managemental caveats for prevalence and resurgence of Peste-des- petits ruminants (PPR) in goat breeds of foothill region of Jammu
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2022-10-20
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Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu (J&K)
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This study was designed to analyze the management caveats that are responsible for the occurrence of viral disease peste-des-petits ruminants (PPR) among the goat farmers. A total of 250 households were surveyed for collecting information on management practices of goat in a predesigned questionnaire. The survey included collection of information on managemental practices, health and vaccination status of the animal as well as farmer’s knowledge and awareness regarding this disease. Survey was done through direct interview explaining the questions in local language to the farmers. Nasal swabs of suspected PPR cases were collected and were preserved in trizol till further processing. Confirmation of PPR cases were done by partial amplification of nucleocapsid genes of PPR virus in end-point and real time polymerase chain reaction. The major managemental caveats that were identified in the study were lack of awareness on deworming, vaccination, disinfection and quarantine measures amongst the farmers. Study revealed a low (3.33%) incidence rate of PPR amongst the collected samples. The incidence pattern was sporadic and no resurgence trend of PPR was obvious in these districts.