The official sheep & goat pox figures for Greece — and why the vehicle is the decisive link in the chain.
LAST UPDATED: 24 MAY 2026 · SOURCES: GREEK MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, EFSA
The sheep pox virus survives for weeks in mud, boot soles, tyres and equipment. Every vehicle entering your farm without disinfection is a potential carrier — and the same applies to people and tools.
Feed trucks, buyers' vehicles, fallen-stock trucks — the No.1 mechanism of spread between farms.
Boots, clothing, hands. Every entry without protocol is a risk.
Crates, machinery, shared tools travelling from farm to farm.
Unchecked animal movements, especially on Balkan border routes.
You cannot control what happens on other farms, at slaughterhouses or at the border. You can control what enters your own operation. An automated disinfection gate turns your weakest point into your strongest. The same logic applies to foot-and-mouth disease — another disease that travels on mud, tyres and boot soles, for which vehicle disinfection at entrances is a core preventive measure.
