A team of the Animal Husbandry department on Tuesday began the culling of pigs that were found infected with African swine fever at Kanichar panchayat in Kannur.
Ajith Babu, Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry department, said that a 20-member emergency response team of the department is leading the operations at private pig farms.
Though the work was scheduled to start early on Tuesday morning, it was delayed due to heavy rain in the area. Only by evening, the team managed to start culling of the pigs here, he said.
