15 countries pledge to eradicate goat disease PPR
07/04/2015
High-level authorities from 15 countries have pledged to collaborate on a plan to wipe out ‘Peste des petits ruminants’ (PPR), a lethal plague for goats and sheep, by 2030. PPR is estimated to cause over $2 billion in losses each year, mostly in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and its elimination will improve food and nutritional security,...
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