Virus spread in the Chubu region of Okinawan CSF (pork cholera), January 23, 16:43
The research team of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries found that the virus detected in Okinawa prefecture was found in Gifu prefecture, as the CSF of swine infectious disease, so-called swine cholera, was confirmed to be infected in Okinawa prefecture following the Chubu and Kanto regions. And that it could have been transmitted through insufficiently heat-treated food.
CSF, the so-called pig cholera, has been confirmed in Gifu Prefecture in September for the first time in 26 years in Japan. Is.
A research team from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which is investigating the route of transmission of CSF, revealed on Tuesday the results of a detailed survey of the virus genes detected this month at a pig farm in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture.
According to this, this virus is most similar to that found in wild boars in Gifu Prefecture, and those spreading in the Chubu region are considered to have entered Okinawa Prefecture.
The research team also found that at a pig farm in Uruma City, they were feeding poorly-cooked garbage as food. He indicated that it might have been attached.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is urging the people involved in pig farming to reheat their food at a certain temperature and take measures to prevent viruses from being brought into pig farms.