Porcine cholera infection Pigs to be disposed of at the livestock testing station underground September 15, Nagano 20:32
On the 14th, at the Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture, where infection of pigs bred for research purposes was confirmed, work was carried out to bury slaughtered pigs etc. in the ground for 15 days to prevent the spread of infection Has been done.
At the Nagano Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station, vomiting was observed in some of the 349 pigs that were raised for research purposes, and it was confirmed on 14th that they were infected with swine cholera. .
In response to this, the prefecture started slaughtering pigs to prevent the spread of infection on the 14th, and finished the disposal of all pigs by the night of the 14th. At the livestock test site, the work of burying pigs that were disposed of on the 15th and the compost of the test site continued in the ground, and the prefecture decided to finish all the work by the morning of the 17th.
In addition, the prefecture conducts inspections by designating six pig farms in the prefecture that were moving in and out of the same time zone to the slaughterhouse where the livestock testing station carried pigs. It means that no abnormality has been confirmed so far.
Porcine cholera does not infect humans and has no effect when eaten, but when infected with pigs or wild boars it is a contagious disease that causes symptoms such as fever and is likely to die.
Infections to pigs have been confirmed since the pig farms in Miyata Village were confirmed in pigs purchased from Aichi Prefecture in February.