“Preventing the invasion of wild boars” Pig cholera Emergency confirmation at the first confirmation in Kanto on September 14 at 23:50
After the first outbreak of swine infectious disease and swine fever cholera was confirmed in Saitama Prefecture for the first time in the Kanto region, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held an urgent countermeasure meeting to elucidate the infection route and infect pig farms. We confirmed that we strongly urged the installation of a fence to prevent the invasion of wild boars that spread out.
In September of last year, swine cholera was found in the pig farms in Gifu Prefecture for the first time in 26 years, and then the infection spread. There are concerns that it will spread to the northern Kanto region.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held an urgent countermeasure meeting on the evening of the 14th because the infection spread to eight prefectures and was not contained.
At the meeting, it was confirmed that a survey team was dispatched to a pig farm in Saitama where porcine cholera occurred and the infection route was elucidated, and that hog farming personnel in the Kanto region were strongly requested to implement thorough hygiene management such as installing fences. Did.
In addition, we will verify the effectiveness and impact on distribution of swine vaccination to prevent infection, and promptly decide whether to proceed with vaccination.
Norio Kumagai, Director of the Animal Health Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said, “We are seriously aware that pig farming has entered the thriving Kanto region. We want to do our best to contain it.”