Potential Risk Factors Associated with Pest de Petites Ruminants Disease in Sudan

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate it knowledge of towners and vetirian of ppn in sudan, the questionare was used to collect the data herd it owners.The results of the present study have identified the potential risk factors that are associated with the PPRV outbreaks occurrence in sheep in Sinnar, Gadarif, Kassala, River Nile and White Nile states of the Sudan, by using questionnaires The results of the questionnaire survey showed that Significant risk factors associated with PPRV in the univariate analysis using the chi square test were found to be species at animal level and production system, migration, animal movement, vaccination and disease history at herd level, while livestock density, climatic changes, veterinary services and wildlife were identified as risk factors at area level and all the identified risk factors noticed that they were management and animal husbandry based problems. In contrast, age, sex and breed at animal level and herd size, mixed species, housing, water, communal dipping at herd level, and elevation, livestock marketing system at area level were found not to be significantly associated with the occurrence of PPRV outbreaks.