Over 3,050 pigs killed due to African Swine Fever in Mizoram

The African Swine Fever (AFS), which resurfaced in Mizoram last month, has killed more than 3,050 pigs in four of the state's 11 districts, officials said on Saturday.

- AGENCIES AIZAWL, 26 APRIL

An official from Mizoram's Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department (AHVD) said that the department so far declared 46 localities in four districts as ASF-infected zones -- Siaha, Lawngtlai, Lunglei and Mamit.

All the four ASF affected districts shared unfenced border with Myanmar and Bangladesh.

AHVD officials said that while the outbreak of disease has affected four districts, Siaha district continues to bear the brunt of the infectious disease increasing the cumulative pig death toll in the district to 1,651.

Lawngtlai town, which borders both Myanmar and Bangladesh, also reported a total toll of 1,189 so far.

To contain the spread of the disease, the AHVD teams so far culled around 1,000 pigs in four districts.