DAKAR, 8 August 2013 (IRIN) - Long eradicated in developed countries, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) - a highly infectious respiratory disease - remains a huge threat to cattle production in the Sahel and West Africa, where cross-border migration by pastoralists is customary.
The disease persists in many developing countries and is particularly prevalent in West Africa, where weak regional control policies, lack of resources and technical capacity by governments, as well as lack of interest by donors have made it difficult to wipe out, experts say.
“CBPP is very inherent to the region because you have this constant transhumance movement of people and animals,” said Gideon Bruckner, who heads the technical and scientific department of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
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