ovine rinderpest

Many authors prefer the name "Ovine Rinderpest".

Ovine rinderpest (or peste des petits ruminants) is a highly contagious and often fatal viral disease affecting sheep and goats.

Peste des petits ruminants, or ovine rinderpest (the French initialism is commonly used in English in Africa)

In another study, following the rinderpest outbreak in Ethiopia, it was found that dromedaries have natural antibodies against rinderpest virus and peste des petits ruminants virus (ovine rinderpest).

Genus Morbillivirus (type species Measles virus; others include Rinderpest virus, Canine distemper virus, phocine distemper virus, Ovine rinderpest)

Ovine rinderpest, also commonly known as peste des petits ruminants (PPR), is a contagious disease affecting goats and sheep in Africa (from the Tropic of Cancer to the Equator), the Middle-East and the Indian subcontinent.