African Swine Flu Detected in Kerala Village, Culling of Pigs Ordered

New Delhi: Cases of African swine flu were reported in Kanichar village in this north Kerala district. The concerned district administration ordered for culling of pigs in two farms in the area.

According to animal husbandry officials, the African swine flu was detected at a private farm located at Malayampadi on Friday.

Subsequently, the district authorities ordered the culling of the pigs there and in another nearby farm located in a 10km radius. The carcass of these pigs would be buried as per protocols.

An area of one km around the pig farm, where the infection had been detected, was declared as an infected area and a radius of 10km as a disease surveillance zone. Distribution and sale of pork in the area and its transportation to other places have been banned for three months.