Hog Cholera Disposal of over 1,300 pigs is over Saitama Prefecture is going to prevent epidemics September 18 21:25
On the 17th, at the hog farm in Ogano-machi, Saitama, where infection with swine cholera was confirmed, the disposal of over 1300 pigs ended in the evening on the 18th, and Saitama decided to proceed with the prevention of epidemics to prevent the spread of infection.
On the 17th at the pig farm in Ogano-machi, Saitama Prefecture, it was confirmed that the pigs being raised had been infected with swine cholera. We were proceeding with the disposal of all 1307 pigs that had been bred, but according to the prefecture, it was finished at 6:30 pm on the 18th.
In order to prevent the spread of the infection, the prefecture is planning to carry out a quarantine work to bury the disposed pigs and disinfect the facilities, and the completion is expected to be 20 days.
On the 13th of this month, pig cholera infection was confirmed for the first time in the Kanto region. The pig farm in Chichibu City, adjacent to Ogano-machi, completed the disposal and prevention of pigs on the 17th.
The prefecture decides to limit the shipment of other pig farms within a radius of 10 km from the two pig farms until the middle of next month and disinfect the cars that go in and out.
Because there is no stopping the spread of swine cholera infection, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Eto, at a conference after the cabinet meeting on the 17th, has indicated the idea of considering vaccine administration to pigs in a limited form.