State Animal Husbandry department launched a vaccination drive against Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), also known as sheep and goat plague (Adu Vasantha in Malayalam), across the State on Friday.

The agricultural area was pummeled by storms and floods in September, which caused widespread damage to farming and drowned hundreds of thousands of animals. Following PPR's arrival in Thessaly, Greek ...

The Animal Husbandry department will launch a Statewide vaccination against Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), also known as sheep and goat plague (Adu Vasantha in Malayalam), by mid-October ...

According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the country lost 1.2 million animals to PPR between 2006 and 2008. The government has stepped up its efforts to eradicate PPR ...