PRO/AH/EDR> Sheep pox & goat pox – Russia: (YS) ovine, OIE

Sheep/Goat Pox — Russia
Information received on [and dated] 24 Aug 2016 from Dr Evgeny Nepoklonov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Ministry of Agriculture, Moscow, Russia.
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 14 Aug 2016
Date of confirmation of the event: 22 Aug 2016
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: Capripoxvirus
Nature of diagnosis: clinical,