Tinsukia Declares Ouguri Village African Swine Fever Epicentre

Overview

• District authorities identified Ouguri village in Doomdooma as the focal point and placed a 1 km infected zone and a 10 km surveillance zone around it.
• A time-bound culling operation supervised by veterinary teams is under way from June 9 to June 11, accompanied by sanitation and disinfection in the infected zone.
• The district has imposed a 30-day ban on the sale, transport, and trade of pigs and pork across the Doomdooma co-district and ordered closure of pork shops.
• Movement restrictions extend to inter-district routes and roads to neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh to reduce the risk of cross-border spread and protect other herds.
• Officials say African Swine Fever does not infect humans but is highly contagious in pigs, threatening smallholders' incomes and prompting rapid action under the national ASF response plan.