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Peste des Petits Ruminants Kills Livestock in Lofa - Liberia

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Thu, 2015-09-17 00:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

         

bushchicken.com - by Zeze Ballah - August 20, 2015

VOINJAMA, Lofa – An investigation conducted by The Bush Chicken has established that scores of livestock in Lofa died from Peste des Petit Ruminants, or Ovine Rinderpest. . . .

. . . Over 1,000 farmers in Zorzor and Kolahun districts, including the towns Tenebu and Samodu, lost livestock to Peste des Petit Ruminants. . . .

. . . When contacted for comments, Lofa’s Agriculture Coordinator Theophilus Baah confirmed The Bush Chicken investigation and said the ministry has not been providing vaccines to animals prior to the recent outbreak.

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Africa
Liberia
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Thu, 2015-09-17 00:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

OIE report on PPR in Liberia - July 16.
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=18146

Animal Health Information - Weekly Disease Information
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Diseaseinformation/WI

These information resources, and other PPR-related resources are published under the "Resources" menu tab within the Global Resilience System.
http://resiliencesystem.org/animal-health-information

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