Thailand
SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 470.905 - 40.274 (data from FAOSTAT 2016)
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: : OIE PPR-free status obtained in 2014.
Viet Nam
SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 1.5 million of goat and sheep
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: PPR never reported in Viet Nam however epidemiological assessment needed to demonstrate the absence of PPR virus and move towards OIE official PPR-free status.
Benin
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.
Burkina Faso
SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 14.737.393 - 9.842.712
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: A total of 47 outbreaks has been registered between 2011-2015
CONTROL ACTIVITIES: Sanitary prophylaxis is based on animal movement control and quarantine; medical prophylaxis is based on a yearly vaccination campaign running from 2014. A more systematic PPR vaccination campaign is planned to start in 2019 with the support of two projects (PRAPS and PADEL-B).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Small ruminant livestock is the most common form of saving in low-income households mainly extensively reared with pasture as main source of food. Small ruminant can be subject to two kind of transhumance: internal (from arid zones to wetlands) and international to neighboring country.
Cabo Verde
SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 148.094 - 10.400
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: PPR never reported in Cabo Verde. However epidemiological assessment needed to demonstrate the absence of PPR virus and move towards OIE official PPR-free status.
CONTROL ACTIVITIES: National Strategic Plan developed but no PPR vaccinations conducted.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Small family farm in which animals are reared free in grazing areas with transfers to other pastures during rainy season.