According to the information due to African Swine Fever nearly 900 pigs have died since January 2022. It is detected that the virus has spread to all 22 district in Assam.
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Minister Atul Bora said on Tuesday, more than 40,482 pigs have died of ASF in the state since its detection and deadly viral disease in 2020. This is a deadly disease and the mortality of pigs is 100 per cent. At present 22 districts of Assam having 72 epicentres are affected by ASF. Since March 2020, 40,482 pigs have died of ASF affecting 14,005 pig farming families,” he added
This Viral disease was first detected in the country in Assam in Febuary 2020,which has affect both the domestic and wild pigs. While swine flu can spread from animals to humans, but ASF cannot be transmitted from pigs to humans.
As per report, Over 14,000 families have been economically affected as a result of the pig deaths and the disease has spread to 22 districts, the minister told a press conference here.
The government culled 1,378 pigs spread across 27 epicentres to contain the spread of the disease in the north-eastern state, Bora said.
In September 2020, former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal ordered the culling of nearly 12,000 pigs in the ASF-affected areas and asked officials concerned to compensate the owners adequately.
In a statement former CM Sonowal said “We have also launched a compensation scheme for the affected families and the government has so far spent Rs 1.48 crore to compensate the farmers whose pigs have been culled.
