{"id":11361,"date":"2021-05-14T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T05:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=11361"},"modified":"2021-05-14T13:11:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T07:41:53","slug":"african-swine-fever-strikes-in-meghalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/african-swine-fever-strikes-in-meghalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"African swine fever strikes in Meghalaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Meghalaya, May 14:<\/strong> After Mizoram, African swine fever (ASF) has struck in Meghalaya killing more than 300 pigs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Principal Secretary of the State\u2019s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, G.H.P. Raju said 573 pigs are suspected to have died but the confirmed cases are 320.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201c<strong>Most of the cases of African swine fever have been reported from the Khasi and Jaintia Hills in the eastern part of Meghalaya while two deaths have been reported in the Garo Hills covering the western party<\/strong>,\u201d he said to, adding that the first case was reported in the third week of April.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">About 90 pigs died in a pig-breeding farm run by the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/megahvt.gov.in\/\">Animal Husbandry Department<\/a><\/span> in Nongstoin, headquarters of West Khasi Hills district.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Samples have been sent to a specialised laboratory in Bhopal for confirmatory tests.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201c<strong>We don\u2019t know how the virus causing ASF struck Meghalaya again after a gap of five months. Between May and November 2020, farmers in the State lost 541 pigs due to ASF<\/strong>,\u201d Raju said, adding that six places have been declared as containment zones.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">About 300 rural families are estimated to have been affected by ASF. Officials said the economic impact has been huge on poor farmers as livestock insurance does not cover the viral disease with 100% mortality.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Also Read<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/nerising.in\/4-districts-in-mizoram-declared-african-swine-fever-epicentres-over-1100-pigs-dead-in-a-month\/\">4 districts in Mizoram declared African Swine Fever epicentres, over 1100 pigs dead in a month<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201c<strong>The northeastern states account for 95% of the pork production and consumption in India<\/strong>,\u201d Raju said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Veterinary officials have been asked to keep a watch on weekly markets, especially those on the border with Assam, where animals are traded without a health check.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">ASF is said to have entered Arunachal Pradesh from Tibet in 2020, spreading to Assam and Meghalaya. The disease killed more than 17,000 pigs in Assam last year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">About 1,200 pigs were killed by the virus \u2014 non-lethal for humans \u2014 in Mizoram in April-May this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghalaya, May 14: After Mizoram, African swine fever (ASF) has struck in Meghalaya killing more than 300 pigs. Principal Secretary of the State\u2019s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, G.H.P. Raju said 573 pigs are suspected to have died but the confirmed cases are 320. \u201cMost of the cases of African swine fever have been reported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[66,61,27],"tags":[780,1068],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>African swine fever strikes in Meghalaya - North East Rising<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"African swine fever has struck in Meghalaya killing more than 300 pigs. 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