Over 480 pigs have been culled in the district to prevent the spread of African swine fever. Officials at the Animal Husbandry Department said they had identified eight epicentre of the virus, of which culling of pigs is complete at all but one.
After detecting African swine fever cases in Bilaspur, Sanouri Adda, Majal Khurd and Badungar village in Patiala district, the Animal Husbandry Department today confirmed a positive case at a pig farm at Mandofal village in Fatehgarh Sahib district. A total of 94 pigs have been culled in Patiala so
After Bilaspur village and areas of Choti Nadi & Bari Nadi in Patiala, which were announced as epicenters of African swine fever, symptoms of the disease have been reported in pigs at Badungar village and Majal Khurd, too. The Department of Animal Husbandry has thus started testing pigs througho