The African swine fever outbreak in pigs in three different wards of Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City has been brought under control.
The swine fever has been brought under control after the Livestock Services Office, Hetauda, carried out pest control, sanitation, stricter transportation of pigs from the affected areas and other awareness-raising programs in the affected wards said Dr Brajkishore Thakur, Chief of the Office.
More than 200 pigs raised by farmers in ward 1, 11 and 17 of the sub-metropolis had died from swine fever in the past four months.
Similarly, the Livestock Services Office has vaccinated 300,000 sheep and goats with the PPR vaccine. Under the PPR vaccination program conducted by the office in all 10 municipalities of Makawanpur from January, 300,000 sheep and goats were vaccinated, said Thakur.
The vaccination campaign was implemented in accordance with the instructions of the provincial government to control and prevent PPR disease in sheep and goats.
Likewise, 8,000 cows and buffaloes raised by farmers in Makawanpur were vaccinated against lumpy skin disease. According to Dr Bijay Poudel, veterinarian of the office, 8,000 cows and buffaloes in various municipalities of the district, including Hetauda, have been vaccinated against lumpy skin.
Under the vaccination program, more than 6,000 cattle heads have been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan corporation-9, 12 and 15 and Manahari Rural Municipality-6 and 7.
Similarly, 1,000 stray dogs and cats in the district have been vaccinated against rabies.
