Saitama Chichibu Hog Cholera Confirmed Pig Farm September 14th 5:53
It was confirmed for the first time in the Kanto region that pigs raised in pig farms in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture were infected with swine cholera. In this pig farm, the prefectures have decided to investigate the details of the fact that pigs have died one after another from the end of last month.
A pig farm in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, confirmed that pigs being raised were infected with swine cholera on the 13th.
Saitama Prefecture will hold an urgent countermeasure meeting to dispose of about 700 pigs raised in pig farms where infection has been confirmed and will be completed within 14 days.
According to the prefecture, in pig farms where infection was confirmed, pigs have died one after another from the end of last month, so prefectures etc. will investigate the detailed circumstances leading to infection.
In September of last year, swine cholera became infected for the first time in the Kanto region after infection was confirmed in pig farms in Gifu Prefecture for the first time in 26 years in Japan.
This time, in Saitama Prefecture, there are concerns that it will spread to Kita Kanto, where there are many pigs.