African Swine Fever Detected In Kerala's Wayanad, 300 Pigs To Be Culled
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African Swine Fever Outbreak Kerala: The disease was confirmed among pigs of two farms in the district after the samples were tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal.
African swine fever has been reported from two farms at Mananthavady in Kerala's Wayanad district, officials said today.
The disease was confirmed among pigs of two farms in the district after the samples were tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal.
An official from the Animal Husbandry Department told news agency Press Trust of India that the samples were sent for testing after pigs at one of the farms died en masse.
"Now the test result has confirmed the infection. Directions have been issued to cull 300 pigs of the second farm," the official said.
