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African Swine Fever in Meghalaya
August 24 , 2020
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- African swine fever has spread to Meghalaya, more than 17,000 pigs have died due to the highly-contagious disease in adjoining Assam.
- It is a contagious haemorrhagic viral disease affecting domestic and wild pigs.
- The disease was first detected in Kenya in 1909 and are later found in regions of Asia, Europe and Africa.
- According to the World Organisation for Animal Health, ASF is caused by a large DNA virus of the Asfarviridae family.
- The virus can be spread by ticks and can also be transmitted by direct or indirect contact with infected pigs, faeces or body fluids.
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