Lockdown looming for Greek sheep and goats if smallpox is not contained within the next ten days
Over 3% of livestock has been culled – The threat to feta cheese, the risk of further spread of the animal disease that killed 263,000 animals in 13 months – Greek sheep and goat breeds face extinction
“Ten-Day War” to halt the spread of sheep and goat pox – “We risk a lockdown,” said Tsiaras
Almost 263,000 animals have been culled in 13 months – A race against time now for on-site inspections by veterinarians, installation of disinfection stations on main roads, and stricter measures – What a lockdown would mean
What caused the new wave of sheep pox that is again leading to the culling of thousands of animals
The virus reappears in the same areas it had hit a year ago — What Professor of Veterinary Medicine Giorgos Arsenos says, speaking to protothema.gr