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Ban on import of pigs and piglets
February 4 , 2019
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- The Mizoram government has banned import of pigs and piglets to prevent outbreak of a disease that has cost the lives of thousands of swines in the state.
- The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) has cost the lives of over 10,000 swines in Mizoram since 2013.
- It is believed that it happened due to import of pigs and piglets from Myanmar where the disease was known to be prevalent.
- PRRS disease is also called as Swine Flu.
- This disease generally transmitted from pigs and affects both pigs and humankind.
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