Also known as the “goat plague,” the PPR virus is a highly contagious disease affecting goats and sheep, causing severe illness and death. It has no adverse effect on human health, according ...

Greece restricts goat, sheep use, movement. Attempts to battle deadly virus expand. July 30, 2024 at 1:00 a.m. by The Associated Press ...

The virus does not affect humans but is highly contagious among goats and sheep and can kill up to 70% of those infected.

The virus, also known as Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), does not affect humans but is highly contagious among goats and sheep and can kill up to 70% of those infected.

Their counterparts in Greece, where the outbreak has already wreaked havoc, have quarantined livestock farms and preventively culled over 10,000 sheep after the virus — known as “Peste des Petits ...

Though PPR virus infects both sheep and goats, the clinical symptoms are more severe in goats. Published - October 09, 2024 08:16 pm IST. Read Comments . Copy link ...

Feta cheese – Greece's "white gold" – is under threat after a deadly "goat plague" resurfaced in Europe. The "highly contagious" peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus was detected for the ...

Tirunelveli District Collector inaugurates vaccination drive for PPR virus in sheep and goats, aiming to protect over 60,500 animals. June 8, 2025 e-Paper. LOGIN Account.

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Also known as the “goat plague,” the PPR virus is a highly contagious disease affecting goats and sheep, causing severe illness and death. It has no adverse effect on human health, according ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece ordered nationwide restrictions for goat and sheep Monday to combat a deadly viral outbreak that is a fresh blow to the domestic livestock industry.