Table 1. Sample details.

Sample Number/ year	Animal	Sample Type	Location	Clinical symptoms	PCR
2536/97	sheep	Lung Tissue	Hebron	Diarrhoea, anorexia, nasal & ocular discharge	+
4522/98	goat	Lung Tissue	Tzora	death after 6 days of PPR-like signs	+
5236/00	sheep	Lung Tissue	Ofer	cough, nasal discharge, conjunctivitis	+
5921/01	sheep	Lung Tissue	Nazareth	pneumoenteritis, hemorrhagic colon	+
7161/01	goats	Lung Tissue	Kseifa	pneumonia, death	+
6586/01	sheep	Lung Tissue	Zarzir	diarrhoea, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, fever, gingivitis	+
2105/03	sheep	Lung Tissue	Zarzir	diarrhoea, stomatitis, pneumonia, fever	+
2233/03	sheep	Swabs	Beir El Makhsour	stomatitis, pneumonia, enteritis	+
1012/04	goat	Lung Tissue	Tel Arad	diarrhoea, death	+
1277/04	sheep	Lung Tissue	Jordan Valley (Oudja)	cough, mouth lesions, constipation, lameness	+
1031/05	sheep	Lung Tissue	Deir el Assad	fever, nasal/ocular discharge, stomatits,	+
1034/05	sheep	Lung Tissue	Deir el Assad	fever 41.5, nasal/ocular discharge, stomatits,	+
1251/05	sheep	Lung Tissue	Netua	pneumonia, diarrhoea, death	+
1483/08	goat	Lung Tissue	Atauna	conjunctivitis, stomatitis, pneumo-enteritis	+
1929/11	goats	Lung Tissue	Goren	classic PPR	+
1947/11	goat	Lung Tissue	Goren	classic PPR	+
1192/12	sheep	Lung Tissue	Rahat	pyrexia, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea	+
1571/14	sheep	Lung Tissue	Um El Fahem	respiratory distress, salivation, rhinitis	+