FAO HELPS MOROCCO DEAL WITH LIVESTOCK PLAGUE
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FOOD & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has been helping Morocco deal with an ongoing outbreak of serious livestock disease 'peste des petits ruminants' (PPR) that threatens to kill millions of sheep and goats and could spread to neighbouring countries. The outbreak has largely affected sheep, with 225 outbreaks across the country reported by November. PPR is very contagious, transmitted through close contact. It causes high fever, eye and nose discharges, mouth sores, mucous membrane lesions, laboured breathing, and diarrhoea. A continued ...
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