Pig cholera zoo contact with pigs canceled Saitama Oct. 2 16:53
Measures to stop contact between visitors and pigs as one of the measures to prevent the infection of pigs raised in the zoo in Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture, as the spread of swine contagious diseases and swine cholera infection continues Has been taken.
In Saitama Prefecture, pig cholera infection was confirmed for the first time in the Kanto region at a pig farm in Chichibu City last month, as well as in a pig farm in the neighboring Ogano Town.
In the Saitama Children's Animal Nature Park in Higashimatsuyama City, you can usually enjoy sheep and goats at the corner of the park. Measures are taken to stop contact with.
It does not infect humans, but it can spread by touching infected pigs and wild boars, or touching fluids, tears, or manure contaminated with the virus.
For this reason, in this zoo, 6 pigs reared in the hut are isolated in the shed and a new net is created around the shed to prevent the invasion of rats and birds that may bring in viruses. It is that we installed in.
In addition, we have taken measures such as placing mats soaked in disinfectant solution at the entrance of the garden, etc., because there is a possibility that infection may spread through people who entered other ranches or wild mountains.
Yoshihiko Takagi deputy director of the Saitama Children's animal nature park is not necessarily swine fever has occurred in the "neighborhood and the zoo, but it is most afraid of is brought the virus. Is forever or prospect this situation continues I want to think about future measures so that the pigs can live safely, considering the longer period. "