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Rinderpest detected in herd of goats and sheep in Thessaly

Rinderpest detected in herd of goats and sheep in Thessaly

A case of ovine rinderpest has been detected in a herd of goats and sheep in Kalabaka, in Thessaly, the Ministry of Rural Development and Food has announced.

National and local disease control officials have been sent to the farm to destroy and bury the contaminated animals, to set up a protection zone around the farm and to conduct epidemiological research.

The ministry underlined that the virus does not infect humans.

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