DEHRADUN: After the north-eastern states of Assam, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura, Uttarakhand has now reported cases of African Swine Fever (ASF), which causes fever, nausea and diarrhoea in pigs, is highly communicable, has no vaccine and in most cases, no cure. The government has urged residents to avoid having pork for at least the next one week.
Over the last one week, authorities were alerted to around 200 pig deaths from cities like Dehradun, Kotdwar, Chamoli and Muni ki Reti (in Tehri Garhwal district). Samples were sent to an animal diagnostic lab in Bareilly, which confirmed ASF.
