Susceptibility of Goat Plague Virus to Various Physico-chemical Agents - Comparison of routine farm disinfection to the natural disinfection after an out break of PPR on small ruminants farm

The book is a comparison between various viruses with special interest to PPRV which causes a devastating disease of sheep/goat leading to huge economical loses annually worldwide. Survival of the virus in environment is studied by physical and chemical agents in comparison to other viruses with same treatments,studied by other scientist. It was found that PPRV is very sensitive to ultraviolet rays, high temperature i. e. 56C and chemical like virusnip. As far as animal therapy is concerned, treatment of Goats/sheep with peppermint essential oil has direct effect on inactivation of virus in-vitro so it can be used to treat the animal.

About the author

Dr.Kinza Khan is a veterinary doctor who did her D. V. M from College of Veterinary Sciences, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan in 2011 with the distinction of "Gold Medalist" and then did M.Phil (Microbiology) from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan in 2013. This book is written on her M.Phil research work.

Product details

• Authors: Kinz Khan, Kinza Khan, Jawad Nazir
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9783659436598
• ISBN: 978-3-659-43659-8
• No. of pages: 104
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology