Louga: Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia Confirmed in Goats

After several weeks of unusual goat deaths, particularly in the Niayes area, laboratory analyses confirmed contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in the department of Kébémer, in the Louga region. Aya Ndiaye, head of Louga’s Departmental Livestock and Animal Production Service, told the APS that the alert followed a report from the president of a cooperative in Thieppe, and samples were collected in several localities, including Léona. Small-ruminant pasteurellosis was initially suspected but was not confirmed. The disease is highly contagious and can devastate herds, but poses no danger to humans; livestock services urge farmers to monitor animals and report suspected cases promptly.