Diseases

Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants

A highly fatal contagious disease of goats and sheep caused by PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS. The disease may be acute or subacute and is characterized by stomatitis, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, and pneumonia.

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Abstract

A highly fatal contagious disease of goats and sheep caused by PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS. The disease may be acute or subacute and is characterized by stomatitis, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, and pneumonia.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Pseudorinderpest
  • Peste des Petits Ruminants

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Aspects Covered

32 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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History Note

2002; use RINDERPEST 1998-2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Rinderpest (1971-2001)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C01w.925w.782.580.600.500.600
  2. C22w.706

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D029021. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D029021
  2. Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18975513