About 800 pig cholera disposal completed Pig farm of infection confirmation Saitama Chichibu September 15 1:23
On the 13th, in response to the first confirmed swine cholera infection in a pig farm in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, the prefecture dispose of approximately 800 pigs raised in the pig farm.
In response to the fact that pigs bred in pig farms in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture on March 13 were confirmed to have been infected with swine cholera, the prefecture started to conduct all pigs raised in this pig farm from the evening of the 13th. We started to dispose of about 800 heads.
As a result of about 150 workers coming out on 14th and working at the pig farm, the disposal was finished at around 0:30 am on the 15th.
To prevent the spread of the infection, the prefecture will bury the disposed pigs and sterilize the facilities, and it is expected that all of the work will be finished on the 16th.
In addition, until the middle of next month, the prefecture will disinfect the cars that enter and exit the two pig farms within a radius of 10 kilometers from this pig farm, and will conduct on-site inspections if there are abnormalities such as pig deaths. The
It is feared that swine cholera was confirmed in Kanto for the first time this time, but there are concerns that it will spread to Kita Kanto where the number of breeding animals is large, but in Saitama Prefecture, wild boars that are the source of infection were infected with swine cholera Because it is not done, we are hurrying to identify infection routes in countries and prefectures.