The state government has declared a colony of Nawanshahr district as African swine fever (ASF)-affected zone and notified the area as an “infected zone” for the prevention of the ASF as the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National High Security Animal Disease Institute, Bh
In compliance with the orders of Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry Vikas Partap to save the cattle from lumpy skin disease (LSD), teams of local animal husbandry officials have begin treating the animals in Nawanshahr district. Nearly 50 per cent of infected animals in the district have recovered