SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 1.836.000 - 1.836.000 (data from FAOSTAT 2016)

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: PPR is endemic.

CONTROL ACTIVITIES: Ring vaccination is generally performed around the outbreak area. There is no systematic vaccination campaigns across the country.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Extensive farming system is widely used but the semi-intensive production system is preferred in ovine fattening farms at the approach of major festival such as Tabaski. Animals are moved from north to south for commercialization; imports are from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.