SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 1.957.699 - 1.57.074

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: PPR was first suspected in Guinea in 1989. From 2011 to 2014 several outbreaks reported. Since 2018, the disease spread in new provinces: Faranah, Fria, Siguiri, Dinguiraye, Dalaba, Koundara, Koubia, Guéckédou, Yomou et Mandiana.

CONTROL ACTIVITIES: Annual vaccination campaign running each year since 2011 but with limited number of animals vaccinated.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Livestock farming is characterized by heterogeneous farming systems: semi-familiar farming (10 to 20 sheep and goats); semi-pastoral farming: large scale pastoral farming and extensive semi-improved livestock farming mainly found around urban centers.