India, Sept. 29 -- A wild boar has died due to African Swine Flu (ASF) near Saipum village in Mizoram's Kolasib district bordering Assam, Kolasib district magistrate Robert C Lalhmangaih said in a statement on Monday.
Lalhmangaih also restricted the sale of pork and "smoked wild animals" in the district as a precautionary measure.
The top district official stated that the Epidemiological Centre of the Animal Husbandry & Veterinary department in Mizoram had confirmed that wild boar was infected with ASF.
The Epidemiological Centre of the Mizoram Animal Husbandry & Veterinary department on Monday confirmed the cause of death of a wild boar near Saipum village along the Assam border as African Swine Flu (ASF), raising concerns over a poss...
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