Pest of the little ruminants for the first time in Austria!

Pest of the little ruminants for the first time in Austria!

The plague of the little ruminants (PPR) has now reached Austria for the first time! An alarming incident recently became known when sick sheep from Romania were positively tested for this high -containing animal disease in a Lower Austrian slaughterhouse. As ots.at were imported from one stove that were already affected by the disease in Hungary. The authority then ordered the killing of all animals of the affected transport, even the healthy to prevent the spread. This led to the immediate introduction of an import ban for small ruminants from Romania and Hungary.

shocking spread in the region

The plague is particularly dangerous and can have a mortality rate of up to 90-100% in affected animals, as the AGEs states. In addition, further cases of the PPR have been discovered in Hungary in recent weeks after animals from Romania were also imported. A confirmed introduction led to two further outbreaks that were created through direct contact between animals or by contaminated feeding troughs, such as