“…Since then, all surveys undertaken in different West African countries report the detection of PPRV strains belonging to lineage II (Baazizi et al., ; Banyard et al., ; Farougou, Gagara, & Mensah, ; Libeau et al., ; Mantip, Quan, Shamaki, & Van Vuuren, ; Salami et al., ). Moreover, recent studies reported the introduction of the PPRV lineage IV in Nigeria for the first time, suggesting that this lineage is expanding its range further into what was previously lineage II‐dominated West Africa (Mantip et al., ; Woma et al., ). Niger, situated north of Nigeria, is a country in which regular epizootic activities of PPR are known to occur like those in neighbouring countries.…”