First detected on July 11 in Thessaly, central Greece, the highly contagious peste de petits ruminants (PPR) quickly spread to affect several farms in neighbouring Romania, prompting authorities ...

Authorities in Greece ordered nationwide restrictions for goat and sheep on Monday to combat a deadly viral outbreak that is a fresh blow to the domestic livestock industry. Costas Tsiaras, the ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an important clue for how plague could transmit within pastoralist communities ...