Guwahati: At least 10 pigs perished in the Singphura village of Assam’s Golaghat district as a result of African swine flu.
As many as 100 pigs a few days ago in Barakshari of Golaghat.
Pig producers are concerned about the problem occurring in the area. They accused the Animal Husbandry Department’s administrators of failing to address the situation.
Earlier, swine fever was discovered in the Dibrugarh district’s Bhogali Pathar village. All pigs within a mile radius of the epicentre were reportedly buried, according to reports.
Dibrugarh animal husbandry and veterinary officer, Dr Himandu Bikash Barua said, “We first notified the area up to 1 km as diseased. We killed and buried all the pigs in the affected region in accordance with the regulations. We have also sanitised the entire space at the same time.”
Data from the government indicates that from 2020 and July of this year, 40,159 pigs perished in the state. In contrast, 1,181 pigs perished from the illness in addition to being slaughtered.
Swine fever is extremely dangerous and fatal to pigs despite not infecting or spreading to humans.
So far, many Northeastern states, namely Assam, Mizoram, Sikkim, Nagaland and Tripura along with Uttarakhand, Bihar and Kerala have reported swine fever.