African Swine Fever (ASF)

•It is a highly contagious and fatal animal disease. It infects domestic and wild pigs, resulting in hemorrhagic fever.
•first detected in Africa in the 1920s.
•mortality is close to 100%(reason - No Cure)
•spreading can only be stopped by culling the animals.
•not a threat to humans as it only spreads from animals to other animals.
•News - 2,800 pigs have died in Assam since February due to the virus.