Suspected African swine fever kills over 100 pigs in Mizoram
The Hindu
The viral disease had killed more than 17,000 pigs in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Mizoram in 2020
An outbreak of suspected African swine fever (ASF) has killed more than 100 domestic pigs in Lunglei district of Mizoram, officials said. Mizoram’s Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Hmarkunga said the outbreak has been restricted to Lungsen village and preliminary tests have pointed to ASF as the cause of death of the pigs. The highly contagious disease was detected from tissue samples at the College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry at Seleish in the State.More Related News