Future Prospective
Nepal Government and related stakeholders may find it extremely difficult to control the epidemics of ASF after its introduction looking at the previous disease outbreak scenarios (Acharya et al., 2020). Amid the fear of ASF outbreaks, ban on the import of pig products by Government (HNS, 2019) is certainly an initiation of the efforts, but as long as illegal drift continues in the system (Panta, 2018), the imposed ban may not have any significance. Strict quarantine measures at the borders; strong coordination among national, federal and local governments for disease surveillance and reporting; restriction of illegal transport of the pigs and pig products; and awareness about the transmission dynamics of the disease among the traditional and modern pig farmers; and adaptation of strict biosecurity measures in pig farms are essential to containing the possible hazard due to the virus. The travel restrictions amidst the coronavirus pandemic may have reduced the transmission probability for the time-being but the entry of the virus through any of the borders is likely to have substantial effects in pig industry of Nepal that may result in pig losses due to deaths or culling; decreased production; reduced export of the pig products; and lowered income for a very long time (Acharya & Wilson, 2020).