More than 1 mln goats and sheep inspected during plague inspections, min says
FILE PHOTO: According to ministry data, the veterinarians checked a total of 5,360 farms in nine Greek regions holding a total of 1,030,616 goat and sheep. ΑΝΑ – ΜPΑ/ EVANGELOS BOUGIOTIS
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More than 1 million animals were inspected by the veterinary services of the Rural Development and Food Ministry, in efforts to manage and prevent the spread of small-ruminants plague (Peste des petits ruminants, PPR).
According to ministry data, the veterinarians checked a total of 5,360 farms in nine Greek regions holding a total of 1,030,616 goat and sheep. The highest number of inspections took place in the Regional Unit of Etoloakarnania in Central Greece, where 1,734 facilities were checked, and the Regional Unit of Larissa, where a total of 403,274 animals were inspected.
Repeat inspections were not included in the total numbers, which would then reach up to 1.2 million animals in total, Rural Development Secretary General Giorgos Stratakos told Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA).
The first case was identified in the Regional Unit of Trikala, and Minister Kostas Tsiaras’ measures (that included a temporary ban on animal travel and isolation zones) were effective, Stratakos said.
“Today, nearly 50 days after the first infection appeared, we are 3 days before ending the measures of the protection and supervision zone in Iraklio, and a few days before the end of the protection and supervision zones in Trikala, western Attica, Drama, and Larissa,” where the infections were located, Stratakos said.
Teams from the European Union that arrived in Greece and praised the country in a letter on Wednesday for “implementing excellent meaures in terms of managing infections without delay” and for the central and local governments’ political support.
Source ANA – MPA
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