Greece could ban movement of sheep, goats if sheeppox outbreak spreads
Posted on: Sep 17, 2025 12:43 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
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ellas urges stricter sheeppox checks after in style(p) eruption
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ellas says if measures unable, movement ban looms
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Μore than 260,000 sheep, goats culled since August 2024
ATHENS, Sept 16 - Farmers in Greece face the risk of a nationwide ban on the movement of goats and sheep if veterinarians and stockbreeders don't step up health checks and hygiene measures on livestock to contain an outbreak of sheeppox, the government said on Tuesday. The outbreak of sheeppox has already led to the culling of about 2% of the country's livestock of sheep and goats, data from the Greek agriculture ministry showed.
Pox in sheep and goats doesn't spread to humans but it threatens to increase prices of sheep and goat meat for Greeks already suffering from a cost-of-living crisis and deal a major blow to the export of feta, Greece's trademark salty cheese made of goat and sheep's milk. More than 260,000 sheep and goats were culled and some 1,100 farms across Greece were forced to shut after authorities detected more than 2,400 cases of the highly contagious disease among sheep and goats in the 12 months to August, data from the agriculture ministry showed. Most cases were reported in July and August.
A 10-day plan announced on Monday called on stockbreeders to tighten biosecurity measures for their flocks, veterinarians to step up on-site inspections at farms and local authorities to set up disinfection points to control the movement of flocks across the country.
The next 10 days will be decisive to avoid a blanket ban on moving sheep and goat across the country, Deputy Agriculture Minister Christos Kellas told public broadcaster ERT on Tuesday.
"This would mean a freeze on trade. They will not deliver milk, they will not deliver meat, there will be no slaughters across the country," Kellas said.
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