Ibaraki Prefecture, where CSF has not been confirmed, also applies vaccine as a preventive measure January 23, 13:17

In Ibaraki Prefecture, a vaccine for wild boars began to be sprayed on the 23rd to prevent the infection of CSF, a so-called pig cholera, which is an infectious disease of pigs.

In the Kanto region, the spread of CSF, such as pigs from pig farms in Saitama Prefecture and wild boars in Gunma Prefecture, is expanding. Not.

However, due to concerns about the spread of wild boar infections, Ibaraki Prefecture began spraying vaccines as a precautionary measure.

On the 23rd, spraying was carried out in 10 cities and towns in the prefecture, of which Hitachi Omiya City was a biscuit with vaccines in a corner of a residential premises near a forest, where a staff of the prefecture and a local hunting party met. Was burying bait in the form.

In Ibaraki Prefecture, the second spraying will be carried out next month, and the vaccination of pigs at pig farms will begin in the middle of next month.

Mr. Yukio Tanai of the Ibaraki Prefectural Livestock Division said, "I have a sense of crisis in situations where CSF can enter the prefecture at any time. Please be careful not to spread the infection, such as by dropping it. "