The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine fever in parts of the country.<\/p>\n
According to the department, data available to them indicates that some pig farms in the Ashanti Region have been affected.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”qxRhhON6kxiEyd7aRgM685IjWsGK7vsN”]There has also been a reported case of swine fever in the Greater Accra Region, which is yet to be confirmed by the Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently with the data we\u2019ve got, there are some 3 districts in the Ashanti Region [that have been] affected most. There a seemingly suspected case in the Greater Accra Region,\u201d the Head of Public Health at the Veterinary services Dr Bashiru Boi Kikimoto told Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n He, however, stated that measures were being taken to prevent the disease from spreading, including banning the movement of pigs and the meat products.<\/p>\n “Normally at the outbreak focal point, there\u2019ll be some public health intervention measures to make sure it doesn\u2019t spread from one farm to another or one district to another. The first thing is to ban the movement of pigs from one district to another and also make sure that we enhance security measures which is one of the main things most farmers don\u2019t take into consideration,” he said<\/p>\n Dr\u00a0Kikimoto\u00a0added that all the pigs on farms which have been affected by swine fever would have to be killed and their meat destroyed to forestall a possible spread of the disease.<\/p>\n “For this disease, when there\u2019s an outbreak whether the pig is affected or not, all the pigs on the farm have to be slaughtered and disposed of. Because we don\u2019t want the meat to be taken to other places that will spread the disease.”<\/p>\n