Overview
- The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department ordered an immediate, statewide ban on inter-district movement of live pigs until further notice.
- Sale of pork and intra-district movement of pigs are prohibited in Dhemaji, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Sivasagar, Darrang, Jorhat and Dibrugarh.
- Authorities report 297 African swine fever epicentres since January across almost all districts, with 84 notified in October alone.
- Roughly 14,500 pigs have been culled this year in Assam and over 3,000 have died, with culling and surveillance emphasized in the absence of a vaccine.
- The order cites Sections 7, 10(1), 10(3), 10(4), 11, 12 and 13 read with Section 6 of the 2009 animal disease control law, and Manipur has recently declared containment zones after detections.