Greece could ban movement of sheep, goats if smallpox outbreak spreads

Farmers in Greece face the risk of a nationwide ban on the movement of goat and sheep if veterinarians and stockbreeders don’t step up health checks and hygiene measures on livestock to contain an outbreak of smallpox, the government said on Tuesday.

The outbreak of smallpox, or sheeppox, has already led to the culling of about 2% of the country’s livestock of sheep and goats, data from the Greek agriculture