MOA To Commence Animal Vaccination Campaign Early August

Deputy Agriculture Minister and Liberia’s leading Animal Specialist, Hon. Seklau E. Wiles, makes full disclosure at the Ministry of Information regular press conference  Photo Credit: MICAT Staff

micatliberia.com - Ministry of Information - Government of Liberia - by Decontee M. Wesseh - July 16, 2015

MONROVIA, July 16 (LINA) – The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) will early August begin the vaccination of goats and sheep against the animal disease Peste des petit ruminant (PPR) in areas that have not been exposed to the virus.

The vaccination campaign comes against the backdrop of the deaths of about 2,000 goats and sheep, mainly in Nimba and Lofa Counties, according to reports reaching the Ministry of Agriculture.

Making the disclosure Thursday at the Ministry of Information press conference, Deputy Agriculture Minister and Liberia’s leading Animal Specialist, Seklau E. Wiles, said the massive death report was given by community dwellers.

She noted that they informed the ministry that illegal animal movement between the neighboring Guinea and the border town of Kinnor in Nimba County was the source of the outbreak, which led to the deaths of 485 goats in that town.

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