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Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)
Author: Prof Moritz van Vuuren
Adapted from: ROSSITER, P.B., 2004. Peste des Petits Ruminants. In: COETZER, J.A.W. & &
TUSTIN, R.C. (eds). Infectious Diseases of Livestock Cape Town: Oxford University Press Southern
Africa.
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