the highly contagious peste de petits ruminants (PPR) quickly spread to affect several farms in neighbouring Romania, prompting authorities to cull nearly 58,000 sheep and goats in response.

Georgia recently reported its first-ever case of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a viral disease which is capable of severely impacting goat and sheep populations, while a new outbreak has ...

Also known as the “goat plague,” the PPR virus is a highly contagious disease affecting goats and sheep, causing severe illness and death. It has no adverse effect on human health, according ...