Dr. M.K. JhalaPooja Choudhary2017-07-242017-07-242008http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810025934Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a severe viral disease of goats and sheep with high morbidity and sometimes high mortality characterized by fever, erosive stomatitis, conjunctivitis, gastroenteritis and pneumonia. PPR is caused by Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), a Paramyxovirus of the Morbillivirus genus. The disease causes severe economic losses to small ruminant husbandry and is presently considered as one of the major threats to about 200 million small ruminant population of the country. The present study was aimed to detect PPRV in clinical samples using s-ELISA and to derive estimates of overall, locationwise and specieswise incidence of PPRV. The study also involved the isolation of PPR virus from clinical samples and assessment of F, N and H gene targets for detection of PPRV by RT-PCR fromenVeterinary MicrobiologyAnalysisThesis