Veterinary Services to contain spread of swine fever
Pig farmers who lost their pigs to the African Swine Fever in the Ellembelle area will not be compensated, the Deputy Director of Veterinary Services in the Western Region, Dr Christopher Tagoe, has said.
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He, however, told the Daily Graphic that the Ellembelle District Assembly was in discussions with the farmers to see whatever form of assistance to provide the farmers other than compensation.
He said officials of the Veterinary Services Department had begun an exercise in the catchment area to exterminate pigs which had contracted the disease and contain its spread to other areas.
Dr Tagoe said the exercise was expected to last two months, during which period the pigsties in the area would be fumigated.
He said measures had been put in place to ensure that the carcasses did not end up on the market.
According to him, the pig farmers were being sensitised to the dangers of selling the carcasses.
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture last Tuesday announced an outbreak of African Swine Fever in the Ellembelle District and its environs in the Western Region, resulting in the death of 600 pigs.
It, therefore, warned against the eating of carcasses in the area.
