African Swine Fever detected in Kohima

Following the detection of African Swine Fever (ASF) in various locations under Kohima district, the deputy commissioner (DC) Kohima has notified the affected areas as “infected Zones” and “Surveillance Zone”. DC has notified Kidima village (1 km radius of infected premises) as “Infected Zone” while 10 Km radius from infected premises (9 km radius Outside the Infected Zone) as “surveillance zone”.
Therefore, DC has banned slaughter of pigs, import and export of pigs and piglets and transportation of pigs and pork in the aforementioned locations until further order.