Peste des petits ruminants : plus de 100 chèvres et moutons morts, aux Comores, des millions perdus…
The Comoros are gearing up to spend close to two billion Comorian francs fighting peste des petits ruminants, a viral disease that hits goats and sheep hardest. More than 100 goats and sheep are already dead across the islands. Herders have lost animals worth millions, and the figure keeps climbing as the outbreak spreads. The disease moves fast among small livestock, and there is no cure once an animal catches it, so control efforts lean on vaccination and restricted animal movements. Goats and sheep function as savings accounts for many rural families in the archipelago, which is why the losses bite so hard. The money being mobilized will fund vaccination campaigns and other containment work. Officials also have to keep the infection from hopping to districts that are still clean. Farmers who lost their herds are now waiting to see what support, if any, comes their way.
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