LIVE // SHEEP POX CRISIS
2 years of uncontrolled sheep pox — since August 2024///2,700+ farms affected///~500,000 animals culled///9 new outbreaks in a single week — July 2026///Protection zones in 9 regions — Decision (EU) 2026/1759///Spread driver: uncontrolled vehicle & animal movements///2 years of uncontrolled sheep pox — since August 2024///2,700+ farms affected///~500,000 animals culled///9 new outbreaks in a single week — July 2026///Protection zones in 9 regions — Decision (EU) 2026/1759///Spread driver: uncontrolled vehicle & animal movements///
Ministry of Agriculture / WAHIS data, as of 17/07/2026
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AUTOMATED VEHICLE DISINFECTION GATES

The frontline
of livestock
biosecurity.

Hydrava designs and builds vehicle disinfection systems — from simple gates for any farm to industrial installations at borders and ports.

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confirmed outbreaks since 2024
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animals lost to the crisis
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countries with systems — GR · CY · BG
OPERATIONAL // INDUSTRY · BORDERS · PORTS
SEC.01SITUATION REPORT

Sheep pox is not coming. It is already here.

For two full years — since August 2024 — sheep pox has been spreading unchecked, and regaining "disease-free" status keeps slipping away. Authorities now explicitly name uncontrolled vehicle and animal movements as the main driver, compensation is delayed, and the Commission is widening protection zones (Decision (EU) 2026/1759). The conclusion is one: your farm’s biosecurity is now your own responsibility.

See the official figures

2 yearsof uncontrolled sheep pox — the state has not solved it
2,700+farms affected across Greece
9new outbreaks in a single week — July 2026
SEC.02THE SYSTEMS

The Bio-Shield line — from a simple gate to an industrial system.

Three models for every scale — DX-100, DX-300 Smart, DX-700 Titan — plus the Mobile Defender unit. Sensors detect each vehicle, precision nozzles cover every surface, and every passage is logged. No staff. No downtime.

01Automatic sensor-triggered activation
02Full 360° coverage — roof, sides, chassis, wheels
03Standard or Custom Fit dimensions per site
04Smart Control — digital passage counter
05Mobile Defender unit for deployment anywhere
Hydrava gate spraying
SEC.03WHO IT SERVES

One gate. Every critical entrance.

All solutions by sector

SEC.04PROOF, NOT PROMISES

Operational. Where it matters.

Hydrava systems work every day in industrial plants, border stations and ports — and have already been exported to Cyprus and Bulgaria.

PLANTS & FACILITIESACTIVE

Industry

Gates at the entrances of industrial plants and feed production facilities.

POINTS OF ENTRY24/7

Borders

Industrial systems at border stations, including Promachonas.

CARGO DISEMBARKATION24/7

Ports

Truck control during disembarkation in high-risk periods.

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SEC.05KNOWLEDGE, NOT PANIC

The biosecurity guide the region never had.

Protocols, EU regulations, practical guides for small and large operations — written plainly, updated continuously.

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SEC.05ADO THE MATH YOURSELF

What does an outbreak cost you — and what does prevention?

Enter your farm’s numbers. The answer will surprise you.

AN OUTBREAK COSTS YOU
€108.000
Livestock capital loss€60.000
Downtime income loss€48.000
State compensation typically covers 40–60% of animal value — you pay the rest.
A disinfection gate costs a fraction of that — less than one dairy cow. And it works every day, for years.
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SEC.05BFROM THE FIELD

What those who lived it say.

LIVESTOCK FARMER · 400 SHEEPDRAMA

«The gate wasn’t installed to make me certified — it was installed so I wouldn’t worry. Whatever vehicle enters — feed, vet, traders — has passed disinfected. Nobody forgot to spray. Nobody said "just this once it doesn’t matter".»

— GIORGOS K., SHEEP & GOAT FARMER

DAIRY UNIT · 280 COWSTHESSALONIKI

«At 3 a.m. nobody will stand at the entrance with a sprayer. The gate, however, will stand — and it will spray. That is the whole point: it doesn’t depend on the human factor. Not at night, not on Sundays, not in a heatwave.»

— DAIRY FARM MANAGER

FEED PLANT OWNERGREECE

«My trucks enter dozens of farms every day. The least we can do is install a gate: every route that leaves and every route that returns — even at dawn — gets sprayed. As if we had 30 people with sprayers on every side of the vehicle.»

— FEED PLANT OWNER

SEC.05CFOR MODERN DAIRY FARMS

The biosecurity your audit asks for.

Modern dairy units don’t need “a sprayer” — they need documented, repeatable, recorded disinfection that stands up to every certification audit.

01Log of every tanker passage — USB export for ISO / GlobalG.A.P. audits
02Documented biocide dosing 0.2–2% — compliant with milk buyers’ requirements
03Protocol consistency independent of shifts and human factors
04Protection of the calf zone and raw-milk flow from external vectors
USB
Data logging of every passage with date and time.
24/7
Non-stop operation — tankers don’t wait for shifts.
CE
European manufacturing and electrical standards.
2016/429
Compliance with the EU Animal Health Law.

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