Thiruvananthapuram, July 22: Amid the scare of Covid 19 and monkeypox, Kerala has now reported African swine fever cases in two farms at Mananthavady in Wayanad district, officials said on Friday.
The disease was confirmed among pigs of two farms in Kerala's Wayanad district after the samples were tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal. The samples were sent for testing after pigs at one of the farms died en masse.
The test has confirmed the infection. Directions have been issued to cull 300 pigs of the second farm.
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As per information, steps are being taken to prevent the disease from being spread. Kerala had earlier this month tightened bio-security measures following an alert from the Centre that African swine fever had been reported in Bihar and a few northeastern states.
African swine fever is a highly contagious and fatal viral disease affecting domestic pigs.
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-PTC News with agency inputs