A second case of sheep and goat pox was detected in a livestock unit in Dafia, Lesvos.

In a unit of the same area, the first case of the smallpox virus was detected a few days ago, causing an alarm to the veterinary services and authorities of the island as well as to the breeders to take measures and limit the spread.

According to ERT, laboratory samples have already been taken and sent today by air, and the results are expected to be announced tomorrow.

In the livestock units where the new cases of smallpox were detected, all the protocols foreseen by the EU regulations have been activated. Since the morning, teams of veterinarians have already checked the 3 km protection zone and the 10 km surveillance zone.

The 220 animals of the livestock unit where the second case was detected will be slaughtered. The 110 sheep of the first livestock unit had the same fate.

According to the announcement of the Primary Sector vice-region, after the confirmation of the contamination of the breeding, the necessary measures were imposed to prevent the transmission and to eradicate the sheep pox zoonosis, which are:

1. The ban on the exit of the Lesbos Regional Unit of live animals, non-edible products of sensitive species.

2. The ban on buying and selling sheep and goats in the P.E. of Lesvos.

3. The prohibition of all movements of goats and sheep within the P.E. of Lesvos for the purpose of fattening and reproduction.

4. The prohibition of the movement of goats and sheep for the purpose of immediate slaughter throughout the territory of the P.E. of Lesvos until the completion of the clinical and epidemiological controls of all the farms by the Veterinary Service located in the designated Protection and Surveillance Zones which are the following:

Protection zone delimited by D. D. Kallonis, D. K. Dafion – Petsofa – , D. K. Kerami, Skala Kallonis, Holy Monastery of Leimonos, Koukouvagies – Achladies, Papiana of the Municipality of Western Lesvos.

Surveillance zone delimited by D. D. Kallonis, D. D. Stipsis, D. D. Skoutaro D.D. Filias, D. D. Lafiona, D. D. High forehead, D. D. Anemotia, D. D. Parakoila, D. D. Agia Paraskevi, D. D. Napis of the Municipality of Western Lesvos.

The Animal Health Department of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine of Lesvos is at the disposal of anyone interested in any relevant information for the purpose of preventing and preventing the disease of sheep pox on the phones 2251047427 and 2251042236