The current state of the problem of sheeppox and goatpox in the world

The aim of this work was to analyze modern literature sources on pathologies of small ruminants (sheeppox and goatpox) in the world using domestic and foreign bibliographic databases. This study collected up-to-date information on emerging especially dangerous and quarantine (sheep pox and goat pox) infections. Scientometric databases were used as sources of information: Elibrary, PubMed, Web of Science. Based on the analysis of open literary sources from international and domestic databases, it was found that smallpox of small ruminants is especially dangerous for small cattle breeding due to the fact that it causes enormous economic damage in many countries of the world due to high morbidity and mortality, as well as the formation of stationary-unfavorable points. Regions of the Russian Federation bordering China and Mongolia, as well as Kazakhstan, are also at risk of penetration of pathogens of sheep pox and goat pox.