Okinawa Prefectural Council for Porcine Cholera “Thorough Hygiene Management” September 20, 19:25
On the 20th in Okinawa Prefecture, the prefecture gathered pig farmers and held a countermeasure meeting and called for thorough hygiene management to prevent the invasion of viruses.
Among them, Mr. Yutaka Nagahama, Director of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department of Okinawa Prefecture, said that the pig cholera infection has not been confirmed so far in the prefecture. It ’s important to work thoroughly on. ”
After that, the person in charge of the prefecture called for a thorough disinfection of people entering and exiting pig farms, and the installation of fences to prevent the invasion of wild boars.
In addition, it was reported that the virus gene of African swine cholera was detected from sausages of tourists from China at Naha Airport in connection with the fact that more infectious African swine fever was confirmed in Korea. We also confirmed that we would thoroughly implement border measures.