SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 1.441.364 - 1.819.149

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: PPR was first reported in Cote d’Ivoire in 1942. The disease remains endemic in the country.

CONTROL ACTIVITIES: PPR vaccination campaigns are taking place on ad hoc basis. The country has been supported to develop their PPR National Strategic Plan in 2018 in accordance with the PPR Global Eradication Programme

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Sheep farming is divided in 3 well-differentiated production systems as traditional or family type (it holds 99.35% of the national herds), semi-intensive and intensive. Goat farming is mainly based on traditional system with wandering animals mainly. Since the traditional system is predominant very little veterinarian monitoring is possible resulting in high rates of mortality.