African swine fever outbreak
GS PAPER II: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
Context: The worst of Nagaland’s African swine fever outbreak may be over, say officials.
Background:
- Nagaland’s animal husbandry and veterinary services department informed on April 5, 2021 that they have observed “unusual mortality” among pigs in Mon, Kiphire and Phek districts.
- Almost a fortnight later, the department officially declared the outbreak and issued advisories.
- Areas within a radius of one kilometre from the ‘epicentre’ at Phek and Kiphire were demarcated as ‘infected zone’ and places within a 10 km radius as ‘surveillance zone’.
- Pig farmers were advised to refrain from importing live pigs for meat and piglets for breeding purpose from outside the state without knowing their health status.
- Every resident was directed to report usual deaths of pigs to the nearest veterinary health centres immediately.
- Nagaland had banned import of pigs on April 28, 2020.
How did it spread?
- ASF is an imported disease, that affected both cross-breeds and indigenous breeds.
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