I heard swine fever wiped out many pig farms in the North East. How do I protect my piggery from these diseases?
How do I protect my pigs from African swine fever and classical swine fever?
PPranab Das6mo ago · 249 views
3 Answers
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓6mo ago
There are two different diseases to know. Classical swine fever (CSF) can be prevented by vaccination, so vaccinate your pigs against CSF on the schedule advised by your veterinarian or the animal husbandry department. African swine fever (ASF) has no vaccine or cure available to farmers and is almost always fatal, so the only protection is strict biosecurity. That means controlling who enters your farm, disinfecting footwear and vehicles, not feeding untreated swill or pork waste, keeping new pigs in quarantine, and keeping your pigs away from contact with other pigs and pig markets during outbreaks. Report any sudden deaths, high fever, reddened skin or bloody diarrhoea to the veterinary authorities immediately, since early reporting protects your area. Buy stock only from healthy, known sources.
DDhrubajyoti Kalita5mo ago
Since ASF has no cure, I stopped letting anyone walk into my pig area, including buyers and other pig farmers, because they can carry it on their shoes and clothes. A simple footbath and not sharing equipment with other farms is cheap insurance against a disease that can wipe out everything.
NNabajit Sarma5mo ago
Feeding untreated leftover food and pork scraps is a known way the disease spreads, so I stopped doing that completely. During an outbreak in our district I kept my pigs fully closed off and away from the market, and we came through it while some neighbours who kept buying and selling lost everything.