
On a farm with 240 heads of small cattle in Martanesh, Bulqizë municipality, it is suspected that plague of small ruminants has appeared in the cattle.
The General Director of the Veterinary Service, Sulejman Kullolli, confirms that, "after receiving the information, veterinary inspectors have taken precautionary measures to quarantine the farm."
Kullolli announced that the analyses have been taken and sent to the Food and Veterinary Safety Institute in Tirana, and their response is awaited to determine the cause of the disease on this farm and take further measures.
The first case of the appearance of plague of small ruminants (PPR) in Albania was identified on a goat breeding farm in the administrative unit of Postribë, Shkodër district.
AKVMK announced the destruction of 18 cattle affected by the plague, while the movement of animals in the territory of the Municipality of Shkodra and Malesia e Madhe has been prohibited, and all measures have been taken to isolate the case.