Quality control of PPR vaccines in Africa: the role of AU-PANVAC

摘要

1. Introduction Peste des Petits ruminants (PPR), also called rinderpest of small ruminants, is an acute contagious disease of sheep and goats which causes a devastating plague with morbidity and mortality rates as high as 100% and 90% respectively. PPR is an OIE listed disease because of the morbidity and mortality it causes and of its economic importance as a transboundary viral disease that constitutes a threat to livestock production in many developing countries, particularly in West Africa, East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South-East Asia. The control of PPR is considered a priority for poverty alleviation as it is a major constraint in augmenting the productivity of small ruminants in developing countries and particularly severely affects poor farmers’ economy.