To revise the swine cholera vaccination guidelines Time to actual vaccination is September 20 at 17:48
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries decided at the meeting of the swine cholera headquarters meeting held on the 20th that it decided to inoculate pigs with vaccines that prevent infection in a form that limited the region, and in the future, it will revise guidelines that describe the concept of vaccination I'm going to work towards that. The revision will take about two months at the earliest, and it will take some time before the actual inoculation starts.
The meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the swine cholera countermeasures headquarters was held from 3:00 pm on the 20th, and the policy so far was decided to inoculate pigs in a form that limited the region with vaccines that prevent infection .
Regarding vaccination of pigs, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stated in the “Guidelines for the Prevention of Specific Livestock Infectious Diseases” that describes how to respond to swine cholera. We have been urgently vaccinated if we cannot prevent the spread of infection.
In contrast, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries currently does not have a series of infections from pigs to pigs, but wild boars are spreading and the situation is not urgently vaccinated. It is said that it is necessary to revise guideline to push inoculation in.
The revision of the guidelines will be decided by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries after opening a council meeting and hearing the opinions of experts, hog farmers, and prefectures, as well as seeking public comments.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says it will promptly proceed with work for revision. It will take two months at the earliest to revise the guidelines, and it will take some time before the actual vaccination.
Without stopping the spread of infection
In September last year, swine cholera infection was confirmed in Gifu Prefecture for the first time in 26 years in Japan, and then in February, Aichi, Nagano, Osaka and Shiga Prefectures confirmed infection. it was done.
After that, the outbreak continued in pig farms in Gifu and Aichi prefectures, but in July it was confirmed one after another in pig farms in Mie and Fukui prefectures, and the infection spread to seven prefectures.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries considered that wild boar is spreading, and has been promoting measures such as strengthening the capture of wild boars and feeding them with vaccines.
In addition, as measures to protect pigs in hog farms, we have informed hog farmers all over the country that thorough disinfection of people entering and leaving the facility and vehicles, and obliged to install a fence surrounding the facility. .
However, the spread of the infection did not stop, and last year, just one year after the first outbreak in Gifu Prefecture, the first infection in the Kanto region was confirmed by swine cholera in Saitama Prefecture.
Even this week, new infections have been confirmed in pig farms in Saitama and Nagano prefectures, and wild boar infections have been confirmed in Shiga prefecture.
There are approximately 80 breeding facilities that have been confirmed so far in eight prefectures, and the number of pigs killed has exceeded 136,000.
The Kanto region has a large number of pigs, especially in the northern Kanto region, and there is concern about further spread of infection.
Pig farmers, etc. are requesting vaccination to prevent infection of pigs, saying that “the past measures cannot prevent the spread of infection”, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries can inoculate every day, urgent measures A headquarters meeting was held and a full-scale study was underway.