The clinico-pathological features associated with experimental concurrent PPR virus and Mannheimia hemolytica A: 2 infections in the West African dwarf goats

摘要

Background: Small ruminants represent an important aspect of the livestock economy in developing countries in the humid tropics as more than 80% of rural families keep sheep and goats. The most common viral and bacterial respiratory disease of Nigerian goats are Peste des petit Ruminants and Mannheimiosis. The endemic nature of PPR infection especially in goats and the usual association with Mannheimia hemolytica, in the pneumonia of small ruminants on the field, makes it necessary to study the clinicopathological changes associated with experimental co infection of PPRV and MH with a view of understanding the role of this bacterium in the pathology of PPRV infection in West African dwarf goat.