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The Ashanti Regional Veterinary Service has temporarily banned the movement of pigs<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the region. This follows\u00a0the outbreak of swine fever in the region.<\/p>\n

According to the Regional Veterinary Officer, Dr. Emmanuel Edward Effah, a directive has been given to veterinary staff in the affected districts to stop issuing permits for the movements of pigs.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”xor8kCiQNUDWPRJSD6sH7Tc1jNmmbTAq”]He warned that farmers who flout the ban will be severely dealt with.<\/p>\n

\u201c…Because there is a ban on movements, our staff will not issue permits for pig movement. If you move without the permit, the police will arrest you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The swine fever has been identified in three districts of the Ashanti Region and in some parts of the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n

Even though the Ghana Health Service has recorded some isolated cases, it says it has contained the situation.<\/p>\n

The Head of Public Health at the Veterinary Services, Dr. Bashiru Boi Kikimoto, earlier told Citi News<\/strong> that
\npublic health interventions are being made to ensure the disease doesn\u2019t spread from one farm to the other.<\/p>\n

He said among other things 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

About Swine Fever<\/strong><\/p>\n

The symptoms of swine fever are a loss of appetite and a high temperature in pigs.<\/p>\n

The affected animals may also have red or purple areas of discolouration on the skin.<\/p>\n

The disease can be transmitted directly from animal to animal, by contact with infected pigs or pig slurry and through feeding pigs waste food containing infected meat.<\/p>\n

It can also be spread by transporting pigs in vehicles which have carried infected animals, and which have not been properly disinfected afterwards.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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