Pig cholera To vaccination in 9 prefectures, including Gifu, Ministry of Agriculture and Water, September 27, 17:39
As the spread of swine infectious diseases and swine cholera continues to spread, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans to inoculate vaccines in nine prefectures, including Gifu Prefecture, where infection with wild boar has been confirmed. Is summarized. On the other hand, it is said that the region is not limited for the distribution of pork meat vaccinated.
On May 27, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held a meeting to discuss the response policy for swine cholera, and presented a proposal for an area for vaccination of pigs.
According to it, vaccination will be promoted in 9 prefectures in Saitama, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, Mie and Shiga prefectures.
Nine prefectures are all areas where infection with wild boar, which is considered to be the cause of the spread of swine cholera, has been confirmed. In principle, the movement of swine vaccinated remains within each prefecture.
On the other hand, the distribution of pig meat that has been vaccinated is difficult to track, and if the region is limited, the sales channel is limited and it affects the management of pig farms. It will also be distributed in areas where it does not occur.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the response to the past is "There is a possibility that the response to vaccination may have been delayed due to the lack of identification of the spread of wild boar infection."
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has compiled a plan based on the opinions of experts and the general public, and will revise the guidelines that show how to deal with it as early as next month to urgently improve the environment for vaccination.
Expert "A reasonable plan but thorough hygiene management"
Prof. Yoshihiro Sakoda of Hokkaido University, who is familiar with swine fever, said, “I think this is a reasonable idea based on the current situation that wild boars are spreading the infection. There is also a risk that it may become difficult to tell if you have been infected with cholera, and there is a risk that it will spread without being noticed. There is. "