TABLE 1.

Morbidity and mortality of Black Bengal goats naturally infected with peste des petits ruminants virus.

Flock no.	Flock size	Age range of flock (months)	Age of sampled animals (months)	Sex of sampled animals	No. of affected animals	No. of dead animals	Body temperature	Flock morbidity (%)	Flock mortality (%)	Case fatality rate (%)	RT-PCR positive blood (B) or nasal swabs (NS)	No. of necropsy
1	14	2–24	18	Male	14	10	105.0 oF	100.00	71.43	71.43	NS	01
2	16	6–36	12	Female	12	12	105.0 oF	75.00	100.00	75.00	NS	01
3	9	3–24	18	Male	7	5	105.0 oF	77.77	71.43	55.56	NS	Not performed
4	9	4–18	4	Female	8	7	105.0 oF	88.88	87.50	77.77	B & NS	01
5	12	6–24	18	Female	10	5	106.0 oF	83.33	50.00	41.66	S	01
6	8	3–18	3	Female	5	2	106.0 oF	62.50	40.00	25.00	NS	01
7	8	2–36	4	Female	4	2	106.0 oF	50.00	50.00	25.00	B & NS	01
8	5	6–18	6	Female	5	3	105.0 oF	100.00	60.00	60.00	NS	01
9	10	3–30	4	Male	6	4	106.0 oF	60.00	66.67	40.00	B & NS	Not performed
10	6	2–24	6	Male	6	2	105.0 oF	100.00	33.33	33.33	NS	Not performed
11	8	8–24	12	Male	5	3	104.8 oF	62.5	60.00	37.50	B & NS	Not performed
12	7	4–30	18	Female	6	5	105.0 oF	85.71	83.33	71.43	B & NS	Not performed
13	5	4–36	12	Male	5	4	105.0 oF	100.00	80.00	80.00	NS	Not performed
Total	125	-	-	-	99	70	-	80.44	65.67	53.36	-	-

No., number; RT-PCR, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; B, blood; NS, nasal swab.