Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services department has informed that positive cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been confirmed in Meriema, Viswema and Dzulakie village of Kohima district, and Unity Colony at Purana Bazar & Bamunpukhuri colony of Dimapur district.
The ASF outbreak was confirmed after laboratory test reports through RT-PCR from NERDDL, Guwahati. So far seven districts in the State have been affected, it added.
The department informed that through clinical symptoms, the \u201cAcute Form\u201d of the disease was being exhibited by the deceased pigs. To prevent further spread of the disease, the department has, therefore, requested all the pig rearers, as well as the general public in the positive villages\/colonies (i.e. epicentres) to maintain strict biosecurity measures in their respective farms\/pig sty. The department has also requested the public to refrain from consuming pork of unknown origin as it might become the source of infection.
Further, it informed that any dead pigs should be disposed of through deep burial protocols followed by proper sanitization of the area with the help of a veterinarian. As there are no treatment protocols for the disease at present, except to cull\/depopulate, the department has appealed to the general public to follow the following measures:
\uf06c Inform sudden death of pigs to the nearest Veterinary Institute.
\uf06c Do not consume the dead pigs.
\uf06c List out the number of pigs that died along with photos, and approximate body weight, and after duly certified by the Village\/ Colony Authority the same must be submitted to the chief veterinary officer for authentication.
\uf06c Follow the deep burial method, at least 6 ft. deep, followed by spreading of lime\/bleaching powder.
\uf06c Do not throw the carcass in the river\/canal\/stream\/ water bodies.
\uf06c Sanitize the areas\/sheds\/troughs completely using the recommended solution.
\uf06c Wash hands, feet, clothing, etc properly with soap.
\uf06c Seek assistance of a veterinarian for disinfecting the area.
\uf06c Do not re-populate the pigs, without Department\u2019s consultation.
\uf06c Demarcate areas into Infected Zone, Surveillance Zone & Free Zone with the help of AH&VS deptt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services department has informed that positive cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been confirmed in Meriema, Viswema and Dzulakie village of Kohima district, and Unity Colony at Purana Bazar & Bamunpukhuri colony of Dimapur district.The ASF outbreak was confirmed after laboratory test reports through RT-PCR from NERDDL, Guwahati. So far […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":261712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}