Dear Paul & all members Fortunately for the GF- TADs PPR Working Group is that it deals with the PPR virus for the following reasons:- 1 -It is transmitted by direct contact between the diseased and healthy animals and it is not airborne disease, needs no insect victors nor intermediate host. 2 - It has one sero- type divided into four lineages , and there is cross immunity between them. 3 - Control or eradication of the virus is easy , such as what happened in rinderpest in the nineties of the last century and I had the privilege that I personally participated through the last period before the announcement of the elimination of the virus in my country Egypt . Ways to control access to the stage of the eradication of the disease: 1 - Control the animal movement between the various sectors of animal and obtaining the necessary legislations and laws so. 2 - Directing educators toward isolating recent animals purchased for a period not less than 21 days with the allocation of workers separate for isolated or diseased from healthy animals , to clarify the importance of these measures and their returns for owners toward humans and animals , through seminars, counselling and training sessions . 3 - Demonstrate the importance of immediate notification of suspected cases satisfactory and that each relevant sectors (educators - veterinarians - auxiliary bodies such as the police and local administrations ) . 4 - Speedy response of the field veterinarian authority (field veterinarian , lab veterinarian) which leads to rapid containment of the focus as well as the dissemination of information sufficient diagnostic methods, fField tests to make sure the disease and disease -differential diagnosis (own personal request to all members of the GF- TADs PPR Working Group about field tests and diagnostic products and the names of the companies that produce them , and how to communicate with them) 5 - Speedy vaccination decision after rapid field diagnosis is preferred. Regards, Khaled Morsy ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1