Swine fever hits Kisoro, Uganda

Posted Tuesday, December 7 2010 at 00:00Kisoro

Residents of Busanza Sub-county, Kisoro District, have appealed to the district leadership to come to their rescue and combat a swine fever attack in the area.
According to reports from the sub-county, swine fever which affects pigs, hit Gitovu Parish early September.

Gitovu’s community-based facilitator Robert Mbonimpa said around 30 pigs, some of them received under the NAADS programme, have so far died of the disease.

Falling prices
Mr Mbonimpa said a pig that could fetch Shs100,000 now goes for only Shs40,000.
The district chairman for production and marketing, Mr Joseph Kanyabugoyi, said the residents should be helped to avert the situation. “Farmers under the NAADS programme might start selling off their pigs, claiming that they have swine fever,” Mr Kanyabugoyi said. He urged the district veterinary team to visit the area to investigate the disease.