YANGON, Sept 1 (NNN-MNA) – Over 50 pigs have died from the African swine fever in Tachilek township of eastern Myanmar’s Shan State, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department said, yesterday.
Ye Tun Win, director-general of the department, said yesterday that, laboratory tests were conducted upon receiving reports of deceased pigs.
In response, movement of pigs in the affected area has been restricted, to prevent further spread of the disease, the official said.
Currently, the affected regions have been designated as disease control zones, in efforts to contain the spread of the swine disease, he said.
The deceased pigs have been either incinerated or buried, so as to prevent disease transmission. Investigations were on going, to determine the origin of the disease outbreak, he added.
Ye Tun Win said, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department will conduct a thorough investigation, for a period of 100 days. After this monitoring period, if no new cases are reported, the area will be declared free of the African swine disease.
The African swine fever is a highly contagious haemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild pigs.– NNN-MNA
