PPR
Peste des petits ruminants
Synonym :
 Pseudo-rinderpest
 Goat Plague
 Pest of Small Ruminants
 Pest of Sheep and Goats
 Kata
 Stomatitis-Pneumoenteritis Syndrome
 Pneumoenteritis Complex
PPR is a highly contagious viral disease of sheep and goats,
characterized by fever, oculo-nasal discharges, stomatitis,
diarrhoea and pneumonia with foul offensive breath.
Peste des petits ruminants virus – SS RNA
• Genus: Morbillivirus
• Family: Paramyxoviridae
MCF
Malignant Catarrhal Fever
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Introduction
 OIE-Listed disease
 Synonym :
 Malignant Catarrh
 Malignant Head Catarrh
 Gangrenous Coryza
 Catarrhal Fever
 Snotsiekte
 MCF is an infectious disease of domestic cattle, some wild
ruminants, and occasionally pigs, characterized by
lymphoproliferation, vasculitis, and erosive-ulcerative
mucosal and cutaneous lesions..
• Subfamily: Gammaherpesvirinae
• Family: Herpesviridae