Sheeppox Virus Brings Greek Stock-Breeders to Dispair

Sheeppox Virus Brings Greek Stock-Breeders to Dispair

Sheep and goat flocks in Greece are decimated by a sheeppox outbreak. Credit: wikimedia commons / dewdrop157 CC BY 3.0 Fourteen months since the initial outbreak of sheeppox in Greece, more than 300,000 sheep and goat livestock has been lost, costing the industry an estimated 350 million euro and bringing stock-breeders to dispair. The sheeppox virus, which doesn’t spread to humans in any way and doesn’t pass in the animals’ milk on meat, is dec…

Losses from sheep pox exceeded 350 million euros in 14 months

Economic losses from the spread of small pox in sheep and goats are estimated at more than 350 million euros in the past 14 months, following the culling of herds throughout Greece, said Dimitris Moschos, president of the Hellenic Livestock Association (SEK).

Sheep Pox crisis in Greece: Over €350 million in damages, 410,000 animals lost

Greece’s livestock sector is facing one of its worst health crises in recent years, with sheep pox and other animal diseases causing estimated damages exceeding €350 million over the past 14 months.