Swine Fever
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 11 2022:
The Additional District Magistrate Bishnupur has issued an order prohibiting the sale of pig, pork, feed and related items in M/s Rainbow Piggery Farm, Leimaram Makha Leikai in Bishnupur district with immediate effect.
The order was issued following the detection of positive cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the pigs in the said piggery farm, said an order issued by the Additional District Magistrate, Bishnupur.
The order also put a ban on movement of pig from the piggery, which has been marked as 'controlled area' while the areas falling within one kilometer radius from the farm has been declared as 'infected zone' and areas falling within nine kilometer radius from infected zone has been declared as 'surveillance zone' for taking up control and containment procedures.