To prevent the spread of swine cholera infection Feeding with vaccine Nagano Saku area November 5, 12:43
From the 5th day, Nagano Prefecture will begin to feed vaccines in the eastern Saku region to prevent the spread of wild boar infections because the spread of swine contagious diseases and swine cholera infections will not stop. started.
In Gunma and Saitama prefectures, wild boars infected with swine cholera have been found one after another in September, and Nagano Prefecture has begun working to feed vaccines in the Saku area adjacent to the two prefectures. .
On the 5th day of the first day, 15 staff members from the local government gathered at the Karuizawa Town Hall to confirm the work procedures, such as how to dig a hole when sipping vaccine-containing food.
The prefecture plans to spread 2200 vaccine-containing baits in 110 places in six municipalities such as Saku City, Sakuho Town, Kawakami Village, etc. in the Saku region and will finish the work in about a week.
In addition to this, there are five priority areas in the prefecture that are used to feed vaccines, but according to the prefecture, spraying has been completed in over 60% of the total so far. .
On the other hand, the vaccination that had been carried out from the 26th of last month targeting pigs in the prefecture's pig farms has been completed as scheduled.
Shinichi Yoshida, Director of Agricultural Administration Division, Saku Regional Promotion Bureau, said, “It will be winter in the future, but the season is not related to the infection of swine cholera. .