Reports of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been confirmed at a Wayanad district farm, said Kerala's Animal Husbandry Minister J Chinchurani on Friday. However, ASF's official numbers hasn't been released yet.
The officials of the Animal Husbandry Department are visiting the farm.
- After the sample testing in Pune, the African Swine Fever among pigs was confirmed which causes fever, nausea and diarrhoea. This disease is highly communicable and has no vaccine. The government has urged residents to avoid having pork.
Earlier this month, the Uttarakhand, Assam, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura reported ASF.
In April, a total of 63 mature pigs died due to unknown reasons in Tripura which raised an alarm.
Before the outbreak, there were 265 mature pigs and 185 piglets in the pig shed of the farm.
Instances of ASF first emerged in India in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in May 2020.
The haemorrhagic disease is harmless to humans but deadly to pigs.
ASF continues to spread worldwide, threatening pig health and welfare. The disease has reached multiple countries across Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific, affecting both domestic and wild pigs.
Globally, since 2005, ASF has been reported in a total of 73 countries.
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