As many as 43 pigs on a farm where African swine fever (ASF) outbreak was detected were culled in Idukki on Tuesday.
On Monday, the Animal Husbandry department officials received test results that confirmed ASF outbreak on a private pig farm at Padamukham under Vathikudy panchayat near Cheruthoni in Idukki.
District Collector Sheeba George, chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority, ordered immediate culling of the pigs and burying of carcasses to contain the disease from spreading. Areas within a radius of 10 km of the epicentre have been declared as surveillance areas.
