Guwahati, July 4 -- Around 55 pigs were culled in Assam's Nagaon district on Saturday after veterinary authorities confirmed an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at a private pig farm in Halowa village under Puranigudam, prompting containment measures to curb the spread of the disease.

Officials of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department confirmed the presence of the highly contagious viral disease at a farm owned by Arabinda Saikia, following which the district administration declared a one-kilometre radius around Halowa village an infected zone under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

A 10-kilometre radius around the village has been designated as a surveillance zone, with the sale, transport and ...