SWARMS of pigs have been found with neon blue skin after ingesting life-threatening pesticides.

Officials warned other animals may also be contaminated including geese, deer and bears as hunters have been urged not to consume meat from any infected prey.

The electric blue-skinned hogs were first reported in Monterey County, California in March when trapper, Dan Burton , discovered several wild pigs with blue fat and muscle.

He told LA Times : " It’s wild. I’m not talking about a little blue. I’m talking about neon blue, blueberry blue.”

The feral swine are thought to have ingested the rat poison from dyed bait or feeding off other infected species .

As omnivores, they eat anything from grass to other bits of animal matter.

The toxic chemical contains an anticoagulant Roden

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