Greece has banned the transportation of sheep and goats throughout the nation to attempt to comprise a extremely contagious an infection often known as “goat plague”.
“The motion of sheep and goats for breeding, fattening and slaughter is banned all through Greece,” the agriculture ministry stated.
It stated new an infection circumstances had been detected within the central Larissa area and in Corinth within the south.
The virus, also referred to as Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), can kill between 80% and 100% of contaminated animals. It doesn’t have an effect on people.
In an announcement on Monday, the Greek agriculture ministry stated the ban had been launched “with the goal of limiting the unfold and eradication of the illness”.
It stated that livestock farmers, cheesemakers, slaughterhouse homeowners and feed suppliers had been knowledgeable in regards to the new restrictions.
On the weekend, ministry officers additionally held pressing conferences with native authorities within the areas the place the brand new PPR circumstances had been detected.
The ministry stated an investigation was below strategy to decide the supply of the outbreak, not ruling out “suspicious imports” from overseas.
Greece can be liaising with the EU and veterinary companies of the bloc’s member states.
EU laws state that your complete flock should be culled as soon as a PPR case is confirmed, with the affected farm then disinfected.
No less than 7,000 animals have already been culled in Greece because the illness first surfaced within the nation on 11 July.
Greece has the very best variety of goats in Europe. Goat and sheep milk is used to make feta cheese – a trademark Greek product.
PPR was first reported in Ivory Coast in 1942 and has since unfold globally.
