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Lifestock Epidemic Strikes Congo-Kinshasa

In the Democratic Republic of Congo's worst livestock epidemic in more than a decade, a lethal disease has killed more than 75,000 goats and put another 1 million goats and 600,000 sheep at risk.
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The disease can cause death rates of up to 100 percent in sheep and goats (file photo).

  • Congo-Kinshasa:   Livestock Epidemic Causing Havoc

    FAO, 26 June 2012

    FAO is mobilizing emergency support for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to counter the rapid spread of peste des petits ruminants, a virulent livestock disease of goats… Read more »

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