Pig farmers in West Gonja Municipality count their losses due to reported cases of Swine Fever

Pig farmers in West Gonja Municipality depend their losses as a result of reported instances of Swine Fever

Pig farmers within the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Area are counting their losses following some reported instances of an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) within the space.

Data gathered by 3News.com from the Municipal Vertinary workplace signifies that greater than 5 communities have thus far been affected.

Although the Vertinary officers haven’t disclosed the numbers of pigs affected, they are saying the state of affairs is being investigated.

Pig farming is a profitable enterprise within the Damongo space with pork consumption being on a rise.

In a associated growth, Yvonne Neequaye stories {that a} suspected case of African Swine Fever has been reported within the Kwahu West Municipality of the Jap Area.

Samples from affected pigs have been despatched to the laboratory for affirmation after pig farmers reported a number of deaths amongst their livestock two weeks in the past.

The Ghana Well being Service explains the state of affairs is being intently monitored, whiles anticipating the laboratory outcomes to find out the following steps.

African Swine Fever is transmitted by means of direct contact with contaminated pigs, contaminated feed and water, and vectors akin to ticks and flies. Its outbreak will be managed by means of disinfection and quarantine measures.

The African sub-region is especially weak to African Swine Fever.

In 2023, a pig farmer in Kwahu Akwaboa, throughout the Kwahu West Municipality, misplaced a number of pigs, with damages estimated in tens of millions of Ghana cedis, as a result of illness.

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