Objetivo Small ruminants are the most important farm animals in Syria. Respiratory disorders are among the most important problems associated with small ruminant health, causing high morbidity and mortality. The major cause of mortality is acute pneumonia with suspected viral etiology, complicated with the eventual synergy with lungworms. Only fragmentary information is currently available on viral respiratory infections of small ruminants in Syria but surveys of parasitic bronchitis in syrian sheep showed heavy infestation of lungworms. Until now, only an interaction between bacteria and lungworms has been demonstrated and no studies have been conducted on how they interact with viruses. The purpose of the proposed research is: - undertake an epidemiological survey for viruses affecting the respiratory system and lungworms extended to the entire country - conduct studies on anatomo-pathological changes in lungs of sheep - infect experimentally sheep with viral pathogens combined with lungworm infection - assess the synergy between viruses and lungworms and establish efficient prophylactic measures for small ruminants in Syria - transfer the technology for viral diagnostic methodology to the Veterinary Faculty of Hama. Ámbito científico medical and health sciencesclinical medicinepneumologysocial sciencessociologydemographymortalitynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologymedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses Programa(s) FP3-STD 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the life sciences and technologies for developing countries, 1990-1994 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador STATENS SERUM INSTITUT Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 5,Artillerivej 5 2300 KOEPENHAGEN Dinamarca Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (4) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération - ORSTOM Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rue La Fayette 213 75010 Paris Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladés Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 1000 Dhaka Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Københavns Universitet Dinamarca Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 1,Frue Plads 1168 København K Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Medical Research Council (MRC) Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 20 Park Crescent W1N 4AL London Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos