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Greece has recorded so far a total of 22 cases of sheep and goat pest (rinderpest, PPR) nationally, despite the ban on their transport, authorities said on Tuesday. According to data so far, 20 of these cases were identified in Thessaly, 1 in Corinth, and 1 in Attica. A total …

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Dozens of sheep and goats were buried alive instead of being killed first as health. safety and humane treatment of animal protocols require. The animals were from a farm unit in Trikala, central Greece, where livestock was found to have been infected with rinderpest. WARNING! GRAPHIC PICTURES! According to a …

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More than 100 veterinarians have been send to Central Greece to conduct health checks to sheep and goat as a serious outbreak of highly contagious of ovine rinderpest or cattle pest, a virus infecting sheep and goats. At the same time, the Regional Governor of Thessaly has ordered the closure …

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