Peste des petits ruminants virus detection kits

Peste des petits ruminants is a severe, fast-spreading disease of mainly domestic small ruminants. Heavy losses can be seen, especially in goats; all of the affected animals in some herds may die. It is characterized by the sudden onset of depression, fever, discharges from the eyes and nose, sores in the mouth, disturbed breathing and cough, foul-smelling diarrhoea and death. The virus which causes peste des petits ruminants, the peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), belongs to the morbillivirus group of the paramyxovirus family of viruses.