SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 6. 352.000 - 4.522.000 (data from FAOSTAT 2016)

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: Since it first occurrence in 1976, PPR is endemic in the country.

CONTROL ACTIVITIES: PPR Surveillance happens on different level: at community level where is based on clinical signs, at district level where samples are collected, at Regional level samples are packed and sent and at National level diagnosis is done with feedback to the field.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Free-ranging or semi-intensive system of rearing but in general sheep and goats move from the three northern regions to the southern markets.