Vet Dept issues advisory for pig farmers in Mon, Kiphire & Phek districts
Mon district administration has assured to provide relief to those who lost their livestock due to a mysterious disease and those whose crops were damaged by a hailstorm recently. This follows report in Nagaland Post about death of livestock and damage of crops.
Mentioning this, deputy commissioner Mon Thavaseelan K said the list of beneficiaries along with details of crop damage and loss of livestock were being compiled and verified for the purpose. He assured that once the compilation was done and verification completed, a report would be submitted to Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority for sanction of relief.
Meanwhile, directorate of animal husbandry and veterinary services (AH&VS) on Monday issued an advisory asking the general public and pig farmers to remain vigilant over the unusual mortality of pig population in Mon, Kiphire and Phek districts.
The advisory issued by AH&VS director Dr Budhi Lama asked the public and pig farmers to report death of pigs to the nearest veterinary health centre for necessary sero-monitoring and not to consume dead/diseased pigs, but carry out deep burial method and subsequent sanitisation.
Asking them to refrain from importing live pigs for meat and piglets for breeding purpose from outside without knowing their health status, the advisory called for maintaining strict bio-security measures in the farms.
Further, they were asked to practise usage of footbath at the entrance of farms and vaccinate their pigs against classical swine fever, besides avoiding feeding with feeds, especially from hotels and other wastes that might be contaminated.
It may be mentioned that hundreds of pigs, hens, dogs and mithuns have died in Mopong circle since the last two months, while a recent hailstorm damaged agricultural crops and huts.