A special gazette notification has been issued designating all Divisional Secretariat divisions in Sri Lanka as African Swine Fever-infected or high-risk areas.

This gazette notification has been issued by the Director General of Animal Production and Health, Hemali Kotelawala, and is valid for a period of three months from 13 June 2025.

The special gazette notification also designated pigs as high-risk animals.

The gazette states this step has been taken as African Swine Fever has spread in various Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka in the past few months and is likely to spread further.

Accordingly, it is prohibited to transport, remove, carry, or dispose of risky pigs, pig meat, and related products, whether within or outside of infected or high-risk areas, without a permit issued by the designated divisional veterinary officer. 

Additionally, slaughtering infected animals for meat or using high-risk animals to operate live animal markets is also forbidden.

Gazette notification : https://documents.gov.lk/view/extra-gazettes/2025/6/2440-24_S.pdf  (Newswire)

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The Department of Animal Production and Health has issued a Gazette notification declaring all Divisional Secretariats in Sri Lanka as areas of risk given the detection of African Swine Fever (AFS) and Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS).

As per the Gazette, every Divisional Secretariat is to be identified as an Infected area or suspected area of infection.

The Gazette notification, which outlines all preventive and containment measures, is effective for three months starting on 25 October 2024.

African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, while Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is a respiratory syndrome seen more often in young growing pigs.

The African swine fever was initially reported for the first time in the Western Province and has now been detected in the Uva, Northern and North Western provinces as well.  

The full Gazette: http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2024/10/2407-35_E.pdf (Newswire)

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