It is unclear if this will affect the production of milk products like Feta.
Goats and sheep near the beach in Kipos village, on Samothraki island, northeastern Greece A ‘goat plague’ has engulfed Greece after new infections were detected over the weekend. Authorities have banned the movement of all goats and sheep from their farms to combat the deadly outbreak of Peste des Petits Ruminants . Minister of agriculture and rural development, Costas Tsiaras, also announced the ban on the commercial slaughter of the animals as well as movement.
Some 7,000 animals in herds where the virus has been identified have been culled in the hardest-hit central Thessaly region. Another 1,200 will be added early this week, regional governor Dimitris Kouretas said Monday. Two more cases were detected at farms in the central Larissa region and in the southern area of Corinth over the weekend.
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