Ajnala, Sept. 12 -- Several cases of African Swine fever have been detected in Ajnala, an offical said on Thursday.

According to officials, African Swine Fever (ASF) is not a flu but a viral disease that exclusively affects swine.

"It is not flu. It is African Swine Fever, and it infects swine only. Some swine died at a farm. We conducted tests, and some of them were positive. To keep it from spreading, the swine are killed and the farm is sanitised. This disease does not spread to other animals or humans," Assistant Deputy Director (Animal Husbandry), Ravinder Singh Kang told ANI.

According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, whos...