Pig cholera Vaccination in 10 prefectures during the month October 10 15:29
As the infectious disease of pigs and swine cholera continues to spread, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will inoculate vaccines to prevent infection in pigs in 10 prefectures, including Gifu Prefecture, where wild boar infection has been confirmed The proposal was compiled and approved at the expert meeting. In response to this, each prefecture is ready to inoculate and is expected to begin inoculating pigs as early as this month.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries presented a draft guideline summarizing how to cope with swine cholera, which was revised to allow vaccination of pigs, at a meeting of experts held on the 10th.
According to it, vaccination of pigs is done in areas where infection with wild boar, which is said to have expanded swine fever, has been confirmed, specifically Saitama Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture , Fukui Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, and Gunma Prefecture where infection was newly confirmed this month.
In these prefectures, in consideration of the wild boar infection situation, the number of pig farms, the surrounding environment, etc., the specific area to be inoculated is decided, and the revised proposal was approved at the meeting.
In response to this, after the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially decided on the guidelines, it was decided to decide on specific plans such as the region, time, and posture to be inoculated by the governor of each prefecture. Is expected to begin.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says, “We want to promote vaccination as soon as possible in cooperation with each prefecture so as not to spread the infection any further.”