Susceptibility of Moroccan sheep and goat breeds to peste des petits ruminants virus

Table 1 Data on of sheep and goats exposed to peste des petits ruminants virus

Species	Breed	No of animals	Total days of hyperthermia per group	Average hyperthermia days per animal	Total CS per group	Average of CS per animal	Total of positive swabs with PCR assays	Average of positive swabs	Sensitivity value	Percentage of susceptibility
Sheep	SD	5	20	4	9	1.8	10	2	7.8	25.8
	TM	5	36	7.2	14	2.8	26	5.2	15.2	47.6
	BG	5	22	4.4	9	1.8	14	2.8	9	29.4
Goats	Alpine	2	17^a	8.5	37^a	18.5	12^a	6^a	33	100
Goats	Local	6	68^a	11.3	53^a	8.8	11^a	1.8^a	21.9	67.4

CS clinical scoring, TM Timahdit sheep, BG Beni Guil sheep, SD Sardi sheep
^aThe cumulative values are not directly comparable with the other groups due to another group size

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