SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 14.737.393 - 9.842.712

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: A total of 47 outbreaks has been registered between 2011-2015

CONTROL ACTIVITIES: Sanitary prophylaxis is based on animal movement control and quarantine; medical prophylaxis is based on a yearly vaccination campaign running from 2014. A more systematic PPR vaccination campaign is planned to start in 2019 with the support of two projects (PRAPS and PADEL-B).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Small ruminant livestock is the most common form of saving in low-income households mainly extensively reared with pasture as main source of food. Small ruminant can be subject to two kind of transhumance: internal (from arid zones to wetlands) and international to neighboring country.