Two more African swine fever cases have been confirmed on a pig farm at Poolakundu, near Nambiarkunnu, on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border of Wayanad district.
The disease was confirmed on Monday after samples of animals from the farm owned by Biju Muchilode at Nenmeni grama panchayat tested positive at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal.
Three pigs on the farm died of disease symptoms earlier, following which the Animal Husbandry Department officials collected samples from 11 of the 193 pigs in the farm on July 24. Two of the samples have tested positive, P. Rajesh, Chief Veterinary Officer, Wayanad, told The Hindu.
