OIE twinning of the Biopharma Laboratory (Morocco) with CIRAD (France) for peste des petits ruminants

摘要

Since it was ?rst described in C?te d’Ivoire in 1942, peste des petits ruminants (PPR) has spread steadily throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia. As a result of illegal cross-border trade in animals, in July 2008 the disease occurred in Morocco for the very ?rst time and went on to spread rapidly across almost the entire country. Investigationsby the Moroccan Veterinary Services found that sheep farming and trade played a dominant role in the spread of the virus.