Ovine Rinderpest - Disease Appellations

Disease Appellations

Traditionally, the name kata was given to stomatitis and pneumoenteritis of the Nigerian dwarf goat. Peste des Petits Ruminants was the French name of a similar disease of sheep and goats first described in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in 1942. These diseases have been shown to be very close to each other.

Many authors prefer the name "Ovine Rinderpest". But official agencies such as the FAO and OIE use the French name "Peste des Petits Ruminants", "Peste Des Petits Ruminants", "Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants" or "Peste-des-petits-ruminants", even in English, although the phrase Goat Plague is becoming more widely used in the popular press. The French acronym, PPR, is commonly used among veterinary professionals in East Africa.