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Public health is not at risk from sheep and goat pox, assures an AUTH professor – Farmers are concerned

Spyros Kritas explains that the receptors ("locks") on human cells do not match the virus's "keys," preventing infection

Smallpox in sheep and goats: How slaughterhouses can safely reopen

Veterinary professor from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Giorgos Arsenos, together with Assistant Professor of Agriculture Athanasios Gelasakis, speak to protothema.gr about their proposals submitted to the Ministry of Agricultural Development

Tsiaras: There will be no shortages in the market due to the sheep and goat pox outbreak

The goal of the measures is to save our livestock industry, explained the Minister of Agricultural Development - He added that the 10-day ban on livestock movement is aimed at limiting the spread of the disease

Sheep and goat pox: Authorities investigate the cause of the spread

Farmers, however, will be able to sell their milk, provided they follow the disinfection measures required for the process