Spain: Confirmed a third outbreak of Sheep and Goat Pox in Granada that forces the sacrifice of 352 animals
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Published Oct 1, 2022
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The Central Veterinary Laboratory (LCV) of the Ministry in Algete (Madrid), the National Reference Laboratory for Sheep and Goat Pox (VOC) in Spain, has confirmed a third outbreak of this disease in a farm in Benamaurel (Granada), whose census amounts to 352 animals (340 sheep and 12 goats), which have been slaughtered.
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According to a note from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, this is the third outbreak declared in Andalusia, to which must be added another in Cuenca that was related to these farms in Granada, and the suspicion arose from the appearance of lesions compatible with the disease in two farm animals. AS IN THE PREVIOUS CASES, ALL ANIMALS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED The official veterinary services of the Junta de Andalucía proceeded, following the established protocol, to take samples and send them to the Central Laboratory of Algete and the samples have been confirmed as positive by PCR-RT and sequencing for sheeppox virus. Immediately, the Ministry has adopted the control measures contemplated in the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 in relation to the rules related to the prevention and control of certain diseases, which includes the slaughter of animals, elimination of the corpses in the processing plant, official cleaning and disinfection of the ...
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