Import of livestock from Bangladesh, Tripura to Mamit banned

The administration of Mamit district on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border today issued an order prohibiting import of chicken, bird, duck and eggs from Bangladesh and Tripura.
Mamit district magistrate Lalbiaksangi issued the prohibitory order after it was learned that a bird flu outbreak had been recently reported in Bangladesh.
She also issued an order prohibiting transportation of pig and cow from other districts of Mizoram and also neighbouring Tripura and Bangladesh.
In some Mizoram districts, there is an outbreak of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and Foot and Mouth Disease among the cattle.
At least 2,300 pigs have died due to PRRS in Champhai district on the Mizoram-Myanmar border, according to H Lalrinzuala, general secretary of the Champhai Area Vawk Vulh Association today.

Lalrinzuala told PTI over phone that there might be a number of pig deaths which went unreported.
The cause of deaths of pigs in south Mizoram's Lunglei and Lawngtlai districts were yet to be determined as the samples of the dead and sick pigs were being sent for tests to the laboratories.