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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

Heraklion: Measures to avoid the spread of smallpox in sheep and goats

The sale of sheep and goats banned across the Heraklion regional unit

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

Sheep and goat pox: 133 outbreaks and 24,064 animal deaths

Following the end of restrictive measures on October 31, the Ministry of Rural Development intends to reassess the situation and lift restrictions in areas without reported cases

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

Sheeppox: Nationwide slaughterhouse closure for 10 days under consideration – Two cases in Magnesia and Corinth

The disease is more contagious than the plague, but is not transmitted to humans - Meeting this afternoon at the Ministry of Rural Development to decide on measures

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