Porcine cholera confirmed at Gifu Ena's hog farm Unstoppable infection spread September 22 17:51
A pig farm in Ena City, Gifu Prefecture, found that pigs were infected with swine cholera, and Gifu Prefecture is proceeding with the killing of approximately 8,000 domestic animals. With regard to swine cholera, the government has just decided on 20 days to vaccinate pigs in a situation where the spread of infection cannot be stopped.
The infection of swine cholera was confirmed in a private pig farm in Ena City, Gifu Prefecture. According to the prefecture, there was a report that “one pig died” on the 21st. Two infections have been confirmed.
Pig cholera infection was confirmed at the pig and wild boar breeding facilities in Gifu Prefecture at the 24th facility, and Gifu Prefecture slaughtered all 8,000 heads raised in this pig farm to prevent the spread of the infection Is proceeding.
An emergency countermeasure meeting held at the Gifu Prefectural Office explained that pigs were shipped from this pig farm to meat processing facilities in Hamamatsu City and Nagoya City this month, so they contacted Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture. It was.
In a situation where the spread of infection does not stop over swine cholera, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto has just revealed a policy to vaccinate pigs to prevent further spread of infection.
Governor Furuta said, “I am very sorry for the outbreak immediately after the policy for vaccination of pigs was shown. Since it should not occur one after another, we want the pig farm to be more alert than ever before.” It was.