Prevention of swine cholera infection Feeding policy mixed with wild boar vaccine Gunma Oct. 1 18:18

While swine cholera infection has been confirmed in the Kanto region, Gunma Prefecture, where pig farming is prosperous, has launched its own measures to prevent the spread of wild boar infections by feeding the forest with a vaccine. It was.

Gunma Prefecture has the largest number of pigs being raised, and as of February, 630,000 are the 4th place in the country, and pig farming is particularly popular. There is an urgent need to prevent it.

Under such circumstances, Governor Yamamoto of Gunma Prefecture held an urgent press conference on the 1st and made it clear that they would start their own measures to prevent the spread of wild boar infection.

Specifically, it digs a shallow hole in the ground of the wild forest where wild boars inhabit and fills it with food mixed with vaccine.

The specific time and place to feed is decided in consultation with the relevant municipalities and local hunting associations, using 800 vaccines provided by the country.

At the interview, Governor Yamamoto said, “I don't think we can eliminate the risk 100%, but we must alleviate the anxiety of pig farmers and people involved.”