date:Jun 27, 2012
The FAO has mobilized emergency support for the DRC where the disease is threatening food security and could potentially spread to southern African countries that have never been exposed to the disease, FAO said. Peste des petits ruminants has killed 75,000 goats and tens of thousands more are infected. Another 1 million goats and 600,000 sheep are at risk of contracting the disease, according to FAO. PPR is caused by a virus similar to measles in humans and rinderpest in cattle.
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